"Let's Drive Away Bad Luck" Library Director Secretly Attaches Talisman to Employee's Seat

Two Team Leaders' Desks Have A4-Sized Talismans Underneath
Verbal Abuse and Personal Errands Evident After Complaints

Daegu Suseong-gu former Beomeo Library director was suspended after being caught secretly attaching a talisman to a subordinate employee's desk, Yonhap News reported on the 15th.

According to the report, the Daegu Suseong-gu Cultural Foundation recently held a personnel committee meeting and decided to suspend former director A for one month.

In October last year, former director A secretly attached an A4-sized talisman under the desks while designating the positions of two team leaders, which was discovered by employees.

A talisman attached to a desk at Beomeo Library.
Photo by Yonhap News

When employees who found the talisman protested to the director, former director A explained, "It was only intended to ward off bad luck from Beomeo Library and had no other purpose."

Following this incident, numerous employees came forward with allegations that former director A verbally abused staff and assigned personal errands.

As controversy surrounding former director A continued, the Suseong-gu Cultural Foundation and Suseong-gu Office conducted an internal investigation for about four months from November last year to February this year.

As a result of the investigation, the foundation judged that former director A's attachment of talismans and private work orders violated the dignity of the director and imposed a one-month suspension.

The Cultural Foundation concluded that allegations of embezzlement of public funds and unfair work orders against former director A were unfounded.

After the disciplinary results were announced, criticism arose within the district council and the library, calling the punishment too lenient. Previously, over 50 employees from three Suseong-gu libraries had submitted a petition demanding disciplinary action against former director A.