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results of the audit of the auditor came out that the Seoul Superintendent Jo Hee-yeon unfairly instructed five dismissed teachers to be specifically hired. The auditor accused Superintendent Cho to the police, and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education is protesting that it was a legitimate procedure.
Reporter Kim A-young's report.
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On December 31, 2018, the Seoul Office of Education specially hired 5 dismissed teachers as secondary school teachers.
However, when the auditor looked into the hiring process, it was investigated that they were already targeted for hiring in July and August 2018, right after Superintendent Jo Hee-yeon succeeded in re-election.
One of them was a candidate who ran for the 2018 election as a primary candidate and then unified with Superintendent Cho, and the other supported Superintendent Cho's campaigns in 2014 and 2018.
Concerned about the controversy over preferential treatment, the assistant superintendent and executives opposed several times, but the Board of Audit and Inspection explained that the superintendent Cho paid for the job alone and forced the recruitment.
The auditor said it was investigated that Superintendent Cho had said he would bear all the political burden.
[Shin Hyun-wook / Head of Policy Headquarters, KFDA: The audit report of the Board of Audit and Inspection is a shock itself. (Investigation clearly and clearly) If any illegal matters are revealed, they should be punished strongly
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Superintendent Cho countered that it was very regrettable that the superintendent had discretionary and legally promoted hiring within the scope of his authority.
He also announced that he would immediately request a reconsideration with the Audit Office and call for no charges.
(Video coverage: Lee Seung-hwan, video editing: Lee Hong-myeong)