Kim Dong-min, Bupyeong District Councillor, "The Specific Audit of the Local Self-Support Centre Should Be a Chance for Transformation, Not a Formal Procedure"

Kim Dong-min, Bupyeong District Councillor (Democratic Party of Korea·Bupyeong 2, 5, 6-dong, Bugae 1-dong, Ilshin-dong), strongly criticised the mismanagement of the Local Self-Support Centre, which has a budget of tens of billions of won, and urged for thorough implementation of the ongoing specific audit and the establishment of fundamental measures to prevent recurrence.

During the Administrative Welfare Committee's report on the audit office's work held on the 28th, Councillor Kim stated, "Despite the serious issues revealed during the last administrative audit of the Local Self-Support Centre, the interim report promised to the council has not been provided at all," and expressed his discontent.

Councillor Kim pointed out several major corruption allegations regarding the self-support centre, including ▲ the signing of small-scale contracts for construction payments ▲ receiving comparative estimates from closed companies ▲ payment without a completion report ▲ failure to secure a maintenance execution letter. He emphasised, "It is a clear dereliction of duty that such basic accounting fraud and mismanagement occurred in a facility that receives nearly 10 billion won in subsidies annually."

In response, the auditor stated, "We completed the actual audit by January 23 and are currently in the process of collecting fact verification documents," adding, "There are aspects of the audit regulations that make it difficult to disclose contents before confirmation, but we will derive results and report them transparently by February 20."

Councillor Kim particularly noted, "Simple employee training measures are insufficient," and urged, "Establish strong administrative measures and a systematic recurrence prevention system so that the self-support centre can undergo a transformation, ensuring that residents' precious taxes are not wasted."

Meanwhile, Councillor Kim also took issue with the editorial direction of the district's newsletter, 'Bupyeong People', aimed at the public relations office. He pointed out, "Looking at the legislative section of the first newsletter in 2026, it includes issues raised during the administrative audit, but the most significant issue regarding the self-support centre is not mentioned even once," and stressed that it is a serious problem for a public medium to ignore residents' right to know and omit unfavourable content, demanding immediate improvement.