It was later revealed that a senior-level civil servant belonging to the Ministry of Environment had been fired for committing sexual crimes, such as sneaking into the house of a female subordinate and taking pictures illegally.



According to a disciplinary resolution received from the Ministry of Environment today (21st) by Rep. Lee Ju-hwan of People's Strength (Yeonje-gu, Busan) belonging to the Environment and Labor Committee of the National Assembly, employee A of the Ministry of Environment was sacked in July.



It has been confirmed that A has been illegally filming by breaking into a female employee's house four times from August to November last year.



Mr. A sneaked into a house where no one was there, took pictures of the victim's underwear, etc., and hid a miniature camera in the vent of the wall-mounted air conditioner.



In addition, Mr. A went to the victim's house during working hours after receiving a false payment saying he was going on a business trip.



A's crime was revealed as a report of the victim who discovered the camera late, and Mr. A was handed over to trial separately from disciplinary action.



Sexual harassment of public officials belonging to the Ministry of Environment also occurred in January.



Civil servant B of the National Academy of Environmental Sciences was also expelled on charges of sexually assaulting a woman he met at a pub after secretly mixing it with beer and feeding him a sleeping pill containing zolpidem.



As such, out of a total of 405 disciplinary actions for employees of the Ministry of Environment and public institutions under the Ministry of Environment over the past five years, disciplinary actions related to sexual abuse accounted for 42 cases (10.4%).



Among the disciplines, dismissal or dismissal accounted for 25% of the cases, and most of them were below the level of suspension.



Rep. Lee said, "I should not be consistent with my family's flimsy punishment." He said, "In order to establish discipline in public service, not only education to prevent sexual violence, but also special measures are needed."



As the recent stalking and murder case at Sindang Station also led to sexual crimes such as illegal filming of co-workers, it is pointed out that stricter standards should be applied to sexual violence in public service.



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