Finland’s auditor general dismissed over expenses claims

HELSINKI, June 30– Finnish parliament on Wednesday dismissed Tytti Yli-Viikari from her role as the auditor general of the National Audit Office of Finland, the first of its kind in Finnish parliamentary and administrative history. Yli-Viikari has been suspended from office earlier this year for a police investigation on the use of her flight points and…

HELSINKI, June 30 (Xinhua) — Finnish parliament on Wednesday dismissed Tytti Yli-Viikari from her role as the auditor general of the National Audit Office of Finland (VTV), the first of its kind in Finnish parliamentary and administrative history.

Yli-Viikari has been suspended from office earlier this year for a police investigation on the use of her flight points and alleged decision to pay salary to a civil servant who was not working.

She had refused to explain how she had used her flight points. Finnish civil servants can maintain private airline accounts, but work-based travel points should be used for other business travels.

According to the police, the suspected criminal benefit of flight points is several thousand euros.

VTV is an independent agency directly under parliament. Yli-Viikari has denied having acted in a way that deserves dismissal. (1 euro = 1.19 U.S. dollars) Enditem