The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is expected to announce the results of an audit recommending the dismissal of Chung Mong-kyu, chairman of the Korea Football Association, and Kim Jung-bae, vice chairman. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has conducted an audit of the overall operation of the Korea Football Association since July, including the appointment of Hong Myung-bo as a national coach. As a result, a number of violations of the regulations have been detected, and the intention is to hold them accountable.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has launched a specific audit of the Korea Football Association since July due to controversy over the process of appointing Hong, and concluded through the results of an interim audit on the 2nd of last month that the appointment of Hong and the former Klinsman coach was unfair and opaque. This time, it is reported that the Korea Football Association did not properly use state subsidies in the process of building a soccer center in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, and several times found that it violated the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism guidelines.
The Cheonan Football Center is a new facility that will replace the existing Paju National Football Center. The Korea Football Association plans to invest 309.4 billion won (approx. With a land area of 451,693 square meters, it will include 12 grass fields, a small stadium, an indoor training ground, a youth hostel, a soccer museum, a gymnasium, and the main building of the Korea Football Association. It will be a mecca that encompasses both operation and administration of soccer's representatives. It is four times the size of Paju NFC.
In the process, the Korea Football Association received 7.7 billion won in subsidies from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, but it violated the condition that it does not put office space in the center. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to impose a fine of 24 billion won. This is more than 10% of the Korea Football Association's budget for this year (187.6 billion won). In addition, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism believes that the 먹튀검증 Korea Football Association opened a negative bank account worth 60 billion won to cover the cost of building the center, which was also done without approval. In addition, it is known that there were problems such as preferential treatment in the process of A, a former national player, obtaining a leadership certificate of the Korea Football Association, and excessive allowances to B, a former non-player executive.
The ministry conducted an audit of the Badminton Association and recommended that current chairman Kim Taek-kyu be fired. The same level of disciplinary action will be taken against the head of the Korea Football Association. However, the actual dismissal is decided by the sports fair committee within the association, but since the current fair committee members are appointed by Chairman Chung, it is not known whether the recommendation will lead to actual dismissal. This is a point that is expected to cause controversy.
Chairman Chung has expressed his intention to seek a fourth term as president of the Korea Football Association. To seek a second term, Chung must undergo deliberation by the sports fair committee of the Korea Sports Council. Some observers say that the ministry's latest disciplinary action could have an impact on the ministry's review and evaluation items include "disciplinary history and personal crimes."