The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission will review the Kim Young-ran Act for his wife Kwak Tube's sponsorship of postpartum care centers [Star Issue]

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The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Anti-Solicitation Act (Kim Young-ran Act) has begun to consider whether to apply the "Prohibition of Solicitation Act" to the wife of YouTuber Kwak Tube (real name Kwak Jun-bin) for an upgrade of the rooms of postpartum care centers.

According to a sports report on the 13th, the Anti-Graft System Division of Anti-Corruption Bureau received a complaint on the 10th about whether Kwak Tube's wife applied the anti-graft law and is looking into whether to apply related laws.

Kwak Tube shared the recent status of raising newborns on his SNS on the 1st, hashtagged the name of the postpartum care center and said, "Collaboration," but later deleted the phrase "Collaboration."

On the 8th, an official from Kwak Tube's agency, SM C&C, said, "The post shared that the creator was provided with some services (room upgrades) in favor of the company," adding, "However, we revised it because there is a possibility that we may be mistaken for receiving the full amount of the usage fee by using the comprehensive word 'collaboration' when writing it for the first time."

Under the current law, public officials cannot receive bribes exceeding 1 million won per time or 3 million won each fiscal year from the same person regardless of whether they are related to their duties. The range of money and goods includes not only money and goods, but also accommodation tickets, free or low-priced services and convenience, and the postpartum care center used by Kwak Tube and his wife boasted a two-week usage fee of 6 million won to 25 million won, and the difference between the upgrades could range from 3.6 million won to 18.1 million won.

Regarding the controversy, Kwak Tube said on his YouTube channel on the 10th, "I am deeply saddened by the recent controversy over the use of my postpartum care center. After the birth of the spouse, the chef provided a room upgrade and some services. At that time, he announced the sponsorship through SNS, but he later recognized that it could cause misunderstanding about the detailed scope and revised the contents.

Kwak Tube said, "As my spouse is a public servant, I asked for legal advice after the controversy was raised, and I confirmed that the sponsorship was a private contract between me and the cook and that it was not related to my spouse's job." "However, I feel deeply that I should have acted more carefully as a family member of a public official regardless of the reason." If there is any procedural need in the future, I will sincerely explain it," he said.

Kwak Tube said he had a private wedding with his wife, who was five years his junior, at a hotel in Yeouido, Seoul, in October last year and had a birth in early March.

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