Tie, liquor, pine nuts...Han Donghoon, who used to do "Reporting a Gift".

[Anchor]
Public officials must report when they receive gifts from foreign governments or foreigners if the amount exceeds a certain amount.

It turns out that the most thorough person in reporting this 'public official gift' was Han Dong-hoon, the current representative of the people's power when he was the Minister of Justice.

I'm reporter Jeong In-yong.

[Reporter]
In the case of First Lady Kim Gun-hee's luxury bag case, the issue of whether to report a "public official gift" became an issue because Pastor Choi Jae-young is a foreigner with U.S. nationality.

Legally, public officials are required to report gifts from foreign governments or foreigners to the head of their agency, but the case has been closed because the president is subject to an exception.

However, in the past two years, I looked at the five agencies under the jurisdiction of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee and the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, and the total number of reports was only 23.

In particular, the Board of Audit and Inspection, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, the Legislative Office, and the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission did not report a

Some were active enough to account for 40% of the public official's gift reports, and it was confirmed as Han Dong-hoon, the representative of the People's Power, who served as the Minister of Justice.

Former Minister Han's report was found to include not only ties and alcohol, but also plates, books, and pine nuts.

There were some reports from prosecutors below the chief prosecutor as well as from the chief prosecutor,
Considering that more than 100,000 won is subject to reporting, it is difficult to understand that even the head of the agency has not reported at all for two years.

[Park Ji-won / Democratic Party member: There is no doubt that there was no report. You may not have received it, but you must report it. (Also) stricter standards for authorities and anti-corruption agencies....]

Expanding to the total number of civil servants, 94 gifts for civil servants have been sold in the past two and a half years, from brochures worth only 10 million won to watches worth more than 13 million won.

Foreign personnel's gifts are generally reported regardless of whether they are low or high, and some point out that it is necessary to closely monitor whether the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, as well as the law-sensitive agencies.

This is YTN Jeong Yong-yong.

Reporter: Lee Sang-eun, Lee Seung-chang,
Video editing: Yang Young-woon
Design: Baek Seung-min, Im Saet-byul