Korea Sports Fair Committee, Former Chairman Lee Ki-heung 'Suspended Qualification for 4 Years'

Korea Sports Fair Committee, Former Chairman Lee Ki-heung 'Suspended Qualification for 4 Years'

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The Sports Fair Committee of the Korea Sports Council (Chairman Lee Young-jin) has decided to punish former chairman Lee Ki-heung for four years of suspension.

According to sources at the committee, the committee (Chairman Lee Yoo Seung Min) held a sports fair committee meeting on Tuesday and decided to suspend Lee Ki-heung, who is currently under police investigation for various corruption charges, for four years. Yoon was reprimanded. At the meeting, there was reportedly a heated debate over the suspension of Lee's qualification for five to 10 years and the next four years. The disciplinary action will be finalized after the committee meets.카지노

Former chairman Lee Ki-heung has been in intense confrontation with Minister Yoo In-chon's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism since last year, and in November 2024, the "Government Joint Public Service Inspection Team" under the Office for Government Policy Coordination requested an investigation of eight officials from the Korea Sports and Olympic Committee, even though Lee Ki-heung was accused of fraudulent hiring of employees, requesting to sponsor goods, private use of sponsored goods, and wasting budget. In response, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's anti-corruption investigation team raided the Korea Sports Council and Jincheon Training Center and has called in Chairman Lee Ki-heung to investigate suspects until recently.

Despite the investigation, former chairman Lee Ki-heung ran for the 42nd president of the Korea Sports Council and sought a third consecutive term, but was defeated by current chairman Yoo Seung Min on January 14, 2025.

On the other hand, Chairman Lee Ki-heung said, "Earlier, personnel measures were taken against employees of the Korea Sports Council related to the investigation, and this time, heavy punishment was decided against the former chairman. It is not reasonable for the Korean Sports Council to rush to discipline the police when they are currently investigating and the charges have not been confirmed."