Firefighter Who Refused 19 Gift Cases Receives Gyeonggi Province Integrity Award

Gyeonggi Province announced the recipients of the '3rd Gyeonggi Province Integrity Award.'

The province held the Gyeonggi Province Integrity Award Review Committee on the 16th and announced on the 17th that it selected Bucheon City for the top honor in the institutional category, Suwon City for excellence, and Paju City for encouragement, while selecting Firefighter Oh Dong-won from Gwacheon Fire Station for encouragement in the individual category.

To ensure strict and fair review, the province disclosed the achievements of candidates on the Gyeonggi Province website (www.gg.go.kr), collected opinions from residents, and made final selections through on-site inspections and deliberations by the Integrity Award Review Committee.

Bucheon City, which won the top honor in the institutional category, was recognized as a Grade 1 institution in the National Integrity Commission's integrity evaluation and was highly praised for its active efforts in corruption prevention and integrity improvement by being the first in the nation to introduce an external professional audit system.

Firefighter Oh Dong-won from Gwacheon Fire Station, the individual category recipient, declined 19 gratitude gifts offered by citizens and was selected for setting an example through consistent faithful performance of duties, integrity of character, and voluntary volunteer activities.

Meanwhile, Gyeonggi Province is being recognized as an excellent organization leading public sector integrity culture, being selected as the first metropolitan local government to maintain an evaluation of excellent or above in integrity for four consecutive years and as an excellent or above organization in corruption prevention policy evaluation for six years.