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public interest report compensation can be applied for within two years after the legal process for objection is completed. However, it is difficult for the complainant to know when this is. The Public Interest Reporter Protection Act, which wants a transparent world, was examined to see if there are any opaque parts in it.



Next is reporter Hong Seung-yeon.



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Hosea Kim, a social worker, filed a public interest report two years ago that the donations for the residents' festival hosted by the Yongsan Welfare Center for the Disabled were not used for the disabled and flowed into the Anglican Church Foundation account for 7 years.



Mr. Kim ran straight.



[Kim Ho Se-ah/Public Interest Reporter: I took the risk of not being able to work in the field to some extent, but I can't do social welfare while deceiving the supporters like this... .]



As a result of the investigation, the report turned out to be true.



50 million won was returned to the foundation, and the Yongsan-gu office fined the foundation 3 million won.



In the meantime, Mr. Kim had to leave work, and the compensation for public interest reporting was set at only 600,000 won.



But I am not getting even that.



[Kim Ho Se-ah/Public Interest Reporter: Because they say that they can't give even a few hundred thousand won now. I believed this and made a report.]



Every three times, the answer returned from the ACRC was a short line, saying, "The disposition of the fine for negligence is being delayed" due to the filing of a lawsuit by the Foundation.



Kim does not know when the legal battle, which has been over a year and a half, will end.



[Kim Ho Se-ah / Public Interest Reporter: I don't know. Because I am not a party. The fact that I will have to file a claim to know how the case is handled... .]



However, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission asks the person who reported the disposition to check the result.



[Corruption and Civil Rights Commission officials: We do not notify separately. You'll have to check it out yourself now. Most of the requests for disclosure of information are informed in terms of everyone's right to know... .]



[Choi Jeong-gyu / Attorney: How can I check the case number for the related lawsuit, (public interest report) party? It is unreasonable and illegal to say that a public interest whistleblower is effectively imposing the duty of 'not to miss two years' on the public interest whistleblower and cannot pay it because he missed the period.]



Protect and support public interest whistleblowers to create a transparent and clean society It seems necessary to improve the system to match the purpose of the law as stipulated in Article 1 of the Public Interest Reporter Protection Act.



(Video coverage: Lee Yong-Lee Chan-soo, video editing: Lee So-young)