<Anchor> As the
exposure that poor food was provided to soldiers in quarantine due to coronavirus continued, the Ministry of Defense said that it was not and even released and explained photos of the lunchboxes that were normally provided. However, the Ministry of Defense admitted to providing insolvent lunch boxes within a day and entered an audit.
Reporter Hak-Hwi Kim reports.
<Reporter> The
Ministry of Defense denied a report of providing insolvent lunchboxes to quarantine soldiers under the Gyeryong University, a subordinate unit of Gyeryong University, the 3rd Army's unified base.
[Boo Seung-chan/Ministry of Defense spokesman (the yesterday): According to what I have confirmed so far, it seems to have been provided normally without any problems... .] The
position changed in one day.
[Boo Seung-chan/Ministry of Defense spokesman (Yesterday): It was confirmed that some menus were missing in the process of serving lunch boxes.]
After checking only 8 soldiers in quarantine per person, it was determined that there was no problem. Further investigation of the company confirmed that eight people received poorly packed lunches.
In fact, I did not understand the relationship properly and tried to clarify it, which caused confusion.
The defense ministry's countermeasures ordered by executives to directly manage the distribution of soldiers were not followed.
The unit is known to have delivered rice and side dishes to the containment facility by soldiers in the absence of an executive.
When various issues were revealed late, the Ministry of Defense launched an audit.
The Ministry of Defense stressed that if the on-site audit proves to be true, it will place strict responsibility on those involved.