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By on January 6th, 2007 at 1:43 pm

SSRT Corruption Details

Nomad is all over the latest update on the SSRT corruption scandal in Osan:

South Korean authorities contend H. Lee Holloway and Clifton W. Choy received thousands of dollars in bribes from the chief executive of Samsung Rental Corp. Ltd., also known as SSRT, which provides Internet and phone service to numerous installations. South Korean criminal authorities say SSRT executive Jeong Gi-hwan bribed Choy with $100,000 to help win the contract and later bribed Holloway with $68,000 to help head off possible adverse actions by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service over mounting customer complaints of alleged price gouging and poor service. The alleged bribes were in cash plus paid entertainment at South Korean bars, restaurants and other venues, said a South Korean law enforcement official familiar with the case. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity. Among the venues were golf courses and “room salons,” typically pricey parlors where customers are assigned private rooms and paired with attractive young hostesses who devote their attention to them while drinks and food are served. In addition, authorities say Jeong picked up the tab for a two-day golfing trip he took with Holloway in May 2003 to Korea’s Cheju Island, authorities said.

What an absolute disgrace these people are.  Willing to screw over thousands of soldiers for a few thousand dollars and trips to the salon parlor.  I don’t understand how these people can live with themselves knowingly screwing over soldiers.  They will get their day in court and if found guilty they need to be locked up to the fullest extent of the law.

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