Handled in the Same Manner as Ordinary Reports
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) announced on the 5th that there is no separate procedure to recognize whistleblowers or grant them legal status in relation to the 'December 3 martial law emergency.'
The ACRC stated, "We received a whistleblowing report related to the martial law emergency at the end of last year and forwarded it to investigative authorities earlier this year. It was handled in the same manner as ordinary reports, and when forwarding it to the investigative authorities, we sent the whistleblower a detailed guide on the protection and compensation system."
According to the Whistleblower Protection Act, a whistleblowing report must specify the whistleblower's personal information, the reported party, and the details of the public interest violation concerning acts subject to penalties or administrative sanctions under 495 laws related to public interest infringements to the reporting agency.
The ACRC reviews the legal requirements individually when a whistleblower applies for protection. The report must be a lawful whistleblowing, not made with false or fraudulent intent, and there must be disadvantageous measures taken against the whistleblower as a result of the report.
The ACRC added, "So far, there have been no cases of receiving protection applications from whistleblowers, nor has the ACRC made any decisions to provide protection measures for whistleblowers."
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