President Lee Jae-myung said Monday that a joint safety inspection by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety into illegal facilities occupying rivers and valleys must "thoroughly dispel public distrust toward the officials in charge."
Lee made the remarks on X, formerly Twitter, citing a post by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety about the joint safety inspection with related agencies.
"If enforcement was not properly carried out despite two opportunities being given, the officials in charge must be held strictly accountable for dereliction of duty, as originally warned," Lee wrote.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to conduct a joint safety inspection with related agencies from the 4th through the 29th to verify whether the re-investigation of illegal facilities occupying rivers and valleys, conducted in March, was properly carried out. The ministry will also examine whether there was any negligence by officials during the re-investigation process.
