The fact-finding committee of the Badminton Korea Association, which was set up in connection with the determined remarks of Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), a gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has been temporarily suspended.
According to the association on the 22nd, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently issued a corrective order to the association to stop the activities of the fact-finding committee. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism pointed out the process of forming the fact-finding committee and recommended that the committee be devised after deliberation and resolution by the board of directors according to the association’s articles of association, which further raised the level of action.
The Badminton Association held its first meeting on the 16th, setting up a fact-finding committee, including two lawyers, three professors, and Lee Sang-soon, chairman of the association’s Sports and Human Rights Commission, and Park Gye-ok, as insiders, saying, “We will investigate the national team’s injury management, international competition participation system, representative player training system, and management regulations.”
“The committee consisted of the chairman of the association’s human rights committee, university professors and lawyers who did not participate in any of the association’s projects, including administrative audits,” the association said. “The committee set the order in the order of leaders and trainers, Ahn Se-young and the association’s reinforcement training, checking the national management system, and interviewing other national team players.”
The association planned to hold a second meeting and hold a meeting with Ahn Se-young within this week, but Ahn took the position that it would be difficult to attend. Some say that it is meaningless for Ahn to respond to the “self” investigation because the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism pointed out the process of composition and the Korea Sports Council and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also started investigating. 메이저놀이터
The body department pointed out, “The composition of the fact-finding committee is by no means a minor matter. In addition, when the chairman returned home on the 7th, there was enough time to convene an immediate board of directors. According to the articles of incorporation, in principle, the convocation of the board of directors must be notified five days in advance, but in urgent cases, the period can be shortened. Nevertheless, the association announced it on Liberation Day on August 15 after doing nothing.”
“In the face of numerous controversies related to the Badminton Korea Association, the formation of a fact-finding committee was not a decision made by the chairman alone, but a matter that required sufficient deliberation by the board of directors,” he said, adding that the association’s own fact-finding committee was a procedural violation and recommended that it be formed after deliberation and resolution by the board of directors according to the association’s articles of association using the authority of supervision (Article 37 of the Civil Act).
Meanwhile, Ahn Se-young said on her SNS, “I’m looking forward to having a sincere conversation about what I’ve been through, not a battle between the association and the people, and I hope to have such a meeting soon,” adding, “I hope it will reduce the difference in each other’s thoughts on systems, communication, and care and operate on a common sense basis that everyone can understand.”
“Fortunately, the sports association and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have confirmed the news that they will get to the bottom of it. One thing the ministry and the sports association want is to listen to the players’ voices to see if the association and the players are communicating smoothly,” he said. “From now on, I hope that the association officials will not turn a blind eye and act actively as they hold the key to change.”