Police Receive Complaint Against Former Union Executive
Investigating Allegations of Employment Solicitation and Bribery
The police have launched an investigation after receiving a complaint alleging that a former labor union executive at the Kia Gwangju Plant pocketed 80 million won by promising employment. The victim claimed to have been guaranteed a job within a year, but filed a complaint with the police after the promise was not kept.
The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 21st that they had received a complaint from a citizen (identified as A) against former Kia Gwangju Plant union executive (identified as B), and are currently verifying the facts.
According to the complaint, B, while serving as a union executive at the Kia Gwangju Plant in 2023, demanded money from A, promising, "I will guarantee you a job within a year." A claims to have handed over 50 million won, and then, upon B's additional request, another 30 million won, totaling 80 million won.
However, as A was not employed even after a year and did not receive the promised refund, A filed a complaint against B with the police.
The police plan to summon B soon to investigate whether B received money in exchange for employment and whether B was in a position to actually influence employment at the Kia Gwangju Plant at that time.
Meanwhile, in 2020, the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency also arrested a group that swindled 13 billion won from more than 630 people by promising jobs at the Kia Gwangju Plant. The main perpetrator, a man in his 30s, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on appeal.
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