Bae Hyun-jin targets Park Jin-young: "Not unpaid volunteer work, but 2 million won per month"… Set to appear at National Assembly audit

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Bae Hyun-jin, a member of the People Power Party, has been continuously raising issues regarding Park Jin-young's "unpaid activities" as chairman of the Popular Culture Exchange Committee.

On the 29th of last month, Bae posted on her Facebook page that there is a discrepancy between Park's past description of the chairmanship as an "unpaid non-resident" position in a broadcast and the actual budget execution records.

According to documents submitted by the Popular Culture Exchange Committee to Bae, Park has received approximately 2 million won per month in position performance expenses since November last year, with the total amount paid to date exceeding 20 million won. Separately, Bae claimed that business promotion card usage and overseas travel involved foreign travel expenses and support for accompanying personnel.

Previously, Park appeared on MBC's "Omniscient Interfering View" in August and stated regarding his role as chairman of the Popular Culture Exchange Committee, "If it were a resident position, I would receive money, but I said I would do it as a non-resident," adding, "I do not receive an annual salary."

In response, Bae argued that the position performance expenses should be viewed as compensation for official duties in essence, pointing out that it is "money that has no reason to be paid if one is not the chairman."

She also criticized him on the grounds of whether he thought it was unpaid volunteer work because the amount was small compared to celebrity event fees, emphasizing that since it is a body funded by the national budget, the relevant details must be clearly explained to the public.

The controversy surrounding Bae is expected to be addressed during the National Assembly audit as well.

The Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee of the National Assembly selected Park as a witness for the National Assembly audit at its plenary session on the 29th of last month. Lee Jae-jeong, the committee chair, announced at the time that Bae had conveyed his intention to "appear directly as a witness, not as a reference person, and explain sufficiently to the people."

Accordingly, Bae is scheduled to appear at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism National Assembly audit on the 7th to directly state his position regarding the operation of the Popular Culture Exchange Committee and various controversies surrounding himself.

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*This content was translated by AI.