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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 13:51
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Prosecution raids Gwangju mayor's office
세계수영 '공문서 조작' 관련 광주시장실 압수수색
Posted : 2013-08-08 17:25
Updated : 2013-08-08 17:25
Kang Hyun-kyung
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By Kang Hyun-kyung

An investigator walks out of Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae's office in the southwestern city, carrying a box after a raid there, Thursday. / Yonhap
An investigator walks out of Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae's office in the southwestern city, carrying a box after a raid there, Thursday. / Yonhap
Investigators raided the office of Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae, Thursday, as part of an investigation into the use of forged signatures of high-ranking officials by local civil servants to win the 2019 World Aquatics Championships bid.

This is the first time that the mayor's office has been searched by prosecutors. Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office said it sent five investigators to search for documents at the office in the afternoon. Mayor Kang was not present at the time of the raid because he has been on summer vacation since Monday.

The prosecution also searched the residency of Kim Yoon-seok, Secretary General of Gwangju's bidding committee for the event.

"We've questioned Mayor Kang and other officials but it was not sufficient. That's why we conducted raids on the offices of related officials," a prosecutor said. "We are going to determine who is to be prosecuted after a thorough investigation."

The search of the mayor's office came days after the prosecution raided the city government, questioned several city officials and a consultant working at a private PR company who worked closely together with the bidding committee.

Earlier, Mayor Kang denied involvement in the bidding committee's use of fake signatures of then Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Gwang-sik.

He claimed that he was innocent and that a working-level civil servant "made a mistake" regarding the use of the signatures in a letter which confirmed the Korean government's sponsorship guarantee of the global sport event and was sent to FINA, the governing body of the sport.

His remarks caused a stir among city officials. The union of civil servants expressed worries over Kang's remarks, saying that they would wait to see how the investigation turns out. They warned that they would not sit back if innocent civil servants are victimized.

Prosecutors will focus on how the signatures were copied and used on the city's bidding documents submitted to FINA. Gwangju City was named host city of the 2019 World Swimming Championships on July 19.


세계수영 '공문서 조작' 관련 광주시장실 압수수색

김윤석 유치위 사무총장 관사도 압수수색…시장 소환여부 관심

2019 세계 수영선수권대회 유치 과정에서 벌어진 정부 보증서 조작 사건을 수사 중인 검찰이 강운태 광주시장실을 전격 압수수색했다.

광주지검 형사 1부(김국일 부장검사)는 8일 오후 1시께 강 시장의 집무실과 김윤석 유치위원회 사무총장의 관사에 수사관들을 보내 관련 서류 등을 확보했다.

검찰은 압수한 자료를 토대로 정부 보증서 조작을 묵인 또는 방조했는지 등 강 시장과 김 사무총장의 개입 여부를 파악할 방침이다.

강 시장은 유치위원장을 맡았으며 김 사무총장은 강 시장을 빼고는 사실상 유치위의 수장이다.

검찰은 정부 보증서 조작 경위와 가담 범위를 최종적으로 판단하기에 앞서 강 시장 등이 보고 등을 통해 조작 사실을 사전에 알고 있었는지 결론 내기 위해 압수수색에 나선 것으로 보인다.

검찰은 지난달 26일 담당 부서인 시청 체육진흥과와 유치위원회 사무실, 공무원들의 인터넷 계정 등을 압수수색했다.

또 유치위로부터 임의 제출 형식으로도 자료를 확보했다.

검찰은 보증서를 조작한 것으로 알려진 유치위 마케팅팀 소속 6급 공무원에 이어 마케팅팀장, 광주시 체육진흥과장, 체육U대회 지원국장 등 결재선상의 관계자들을 차례로 불러 조사했다.

이에 따라 김 사무총장이 조만간 소환될 것으로 점쳐지는 가운데 강 시장의 소환 여부도 관심사로 떠오르게 됐다.

이와 관련, 강 시장은 '총리실에 (공문서 조작 사실이) 발각된 후 김윤석 유치위 사무총장으로부터 보고를 받고 알았다'며 '당시 '교도소 갈 일을 했구나'라고 질책했다'고 사전 인지 사실을 부인해왔다.
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