{"id":51434,"date":"2022-04-26T13:57:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T04:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=51434"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:33:29","slug":"two-officials-south-hamgyong-province-banished-rural-areas-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/two-officials-south-hamgyong-province-banished-rural-areas-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Two officials in S. Hamgyong Province banished to rural areas for corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two officials in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province, were recently punished for violating and complaining about the state\u2019s quarantine policies, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in South Hamgyung Province told Daily NK on Wednesday that t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he provincial Emergency Anti-epidemic Command convened a meeting under the secretary of the provincial party committee. As a result of the meeting, the assistant manager of Hamju County&#8217;s power transmission and distribution facility and the deputy chief of the Hamju County Ministry of Social Security branch were dismissed and banished to remote locations after being accused of complaining about and violating the country\u2019s emergency disease control guidelines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the provincial party committee received an order from the central government to send a report related to the emergency quarantine measures. The committee then held a meeting to expose and condemn the \u201carrogant\u201d actions by the officials, analyze the results of the implementation of disease control measures, and review difficulties reported by party organizations at the municipal and county levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the meeting was held after the Hamju County Party Committee\u2019s chief secretary reported the actions of the two officials, which had been going on over the past two years during their \u201cemergency quarantine activities.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the meeting, the two officials were criticized for committing various problematic and inappropriate actions that went against the party\u2019s policy based on a report that had been sent up the line by Hamju County&#8217;s party committee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, the assistant manager of Hamju County&#8217;s power transmission and distribution facility was criticized for mismanaging electricity supply, resulting in local factories that produce sanitary and quarantine goods to fail to comply with rules that only allow the use of electricity at set times. The county party committee also reported that the official was accused of brazenly criticizing the state&#8217;s electricity situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the deputy chief of the Hamju County Ministry of Social Security office, remarking that there were \u201ctoo many\u201d cases of violations of quarantine regulations issued by quarantine checkpoints, tried to cover up the incidents. Although quarantine and travel certificates must be issued in accordance with the state&#8217;s emergency disease prevention guidelines, it was revealed that the office issued such certificates en masse while taking bribes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, despite the fact that the deputy chief had received various warnings from the county party committee about his conduct, he simply used a relative in the provincial party committee to act as his protector while claiming innocence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the end, the provincial party committee ordered [the two officials] to be dismissed and banished,\u201d the source said. \u201cSpecifically, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the assistant manager of Hamju County&#8217;s power transmission and distribution facility and his family were banished to Buryong County while the deputy chief of the Hamju County Ministry of Social Security branch was banished to Jangjin County.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Translated by Gabriela Bernal. Edited by Robert Lauler.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220420-2\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two officials in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province, were recently punished for violating and complaining about the state\u2019s quarantine policies, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 A source in South Hamgyung Province told Daily NK on Wednesday that the provincial Emergency Anti-epidemic Command convened a meeting under the secretary of the provincial party committee. 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