Former South Korean city council member Lee Jong-bae accuses Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hyung-il and former Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol of dereliction of duty

Because Person A, the top scorer on the 63rd tax accountant exam this year, admitted to cheating with AI, former Seoul city council member Lee Jong-bae filed a complaint on the 15th through the National Petition portal with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency against Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Lee Hyung-il and former Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol for dereliction of duty. The complainant said that in the exam commissioned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance to the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, cheating using devices such as AI smart glasses had been detected multiple times, and that the ministers, as heads of the commissioning agency, should have inspected the oversight system and taken corrective measures under the law, and that failing to issue necessary instructions or take measures constituted dereliction of duty. Person A confessed that he used a miniature camera to photograph exam questions and send them to AI during both stages of the tax accountant exam and the first stage of the certified public accountant exam, then checked the answers on a smartphone; after he voluntarily confessed to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, police transferred the case to its violent crime investigation division's public crime investigation team and said they would investigate promptly and strictly in accordance with procedures.