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Here is reporter Ko Jung-hyun who analyzed political donations.



Q. Poor submission of the list of large sponsors, what is the problem?



[Reporter Koh Jung-hyun: The purpose of the Political Funds Act is to prevent corruption and corruption through the Political Funds Act.

As you can see in the previous report, we were able to confirm which company executive we were because we also had our date of birth.

However, it doesn't matter if you write down your name, then split sponsorship and borrowed-name donations will become widespread, and eventually the Political Fund Act will be neutralized, experts are pointing out.]



Q. What about overseas cases such as developed countries?



[Reporter Koh Jeong-hyeon: Many major countries are disclosing more transparently by expanding the scope of disclosure.

In Japan, if you support political funds of 50,000 yen per year or more than 500,000 Korean Won in Korean money, you must write down personal information.

In the UK, it is 1,500 pounds per year, or 2.3 million Korean won.

In the United States, personal information is subject to disclosure if it exceeds $200 per year, or about 280,000 won.

More importantly, the concept of disclosure is different.

In Korea, the list of large political supporters can only be obtained through information disclosure, and the United States and the United Kingdom regularly disclose the list of large political supporters on the Internet.

So anyone can access it, so civic groups that monitor this can be more active.]



Q. How to improve the system in the future?



[Reporter Koh Jeong-hyeon: There are voices that it should be mandatory for financial institutions to provide the information on which they paid to the supporters association or the National Election Commission.

The law needs to be changed somehow to increase transparency, but it is somewhat questionable whether it will actively participate in a political circle with entangled interests.]