Euijin Sook, a candidate for the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, answers questions from reporters as she arrives at an office building in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province on the morning of the 8th to prepare for her confirmation hearing./News1,
, ‘Euijin Sook, a candidate for the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, stated on the 20th that the allegations of improper use of a corporate card during her tenure as the president of Daejeon MBC were within the assigned limit and used in accordance with internal regulations.’,
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, ‘The candidate also stated, “I remember that the amount allocated at that time was not relatively greater than that for headquarters executives.”‘,
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, ‘Previously, it was reported that the candidate had spent a total of over 140 million won under the names of business promotion expenses and entertainment expenses over the course of three years as the president of Daejeon MBC, with over 16 million won spent at affiliated stores within a 5km radius of her residence in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.’,
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, ‘Regarding this, the candidate said, “The 5km radius from my residence includes not only Gangnam-gu but also areas such as Seocho and Songpa, effectively including major urban areas in Gangnam, but MBC distorted this fact by omitting it and falsely portraying that the candidate had been using the corporate card near her home.”‘,
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, ‘MBC also reported that on the day the candidate submitted her resignation on January 8, 2018, she made a payment of about 1 million won at a bakery and later used the corporate card at a Korean restaurant and cafe near her home in Seoul.’,
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, ‘Regarding this, the candidate stated, “I only bought snacks at the bakery that day to share with the staff who worked until the end, had a meal with the driver who took me to my Seoul home, and had coffee, but MBC portrayed it as if it were a significant misuse of the card.”‘,
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, ‘Furthermore, she said, “The article that portrayed normal corporate card usage as improper usage is malicious framing.”‘,
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