[단독] Law firm specializing in real estate invested by Bum-gye Park… Suspicion of high-speed growth by the wen government

Input 2020.12.31 16:41 | Revision 2020.12.31 17:04

Annual sales of 10 million won in 2014 → 1.3 billion won in 2019

It was revealed on the 31st that candidate Park Bum-gye, who was appointed as the successor of Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae, invested in a law firm specializing in commercial and real estate law (law firm) and was named as a representative lawyer. Suspects have also been raised that annual sales have surged since 2017, when Candidate Park re-invested in this law firm.

As a result of an analysis of the property reports of public officials in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2020 by Rep. Soo-jin Cho, the power of the people reported that candidate Park owned a 33.33% stake in Myeong-gyeong law firm in 2012 (valued at 10 million won). Candidate Park, who reported that the law firm had disposed of its shares in 2015 (2014), reported that he acquired 7.143% of the shares again in 2017 (2016).

However, this law firm, which recorded annual sales of 10 million won until 2014, has annual sales of 1,075.64 million won, 1.189.5 million won (2018), and 1.320 million won (2019) from 2016 when Candidate Park re-acquired the shares. Grew into. Sangga Lawyer.com, the law firm’s commercial law firm, stated on its website as a representative lawyer (on leave) and introduced him as a ’19th and 20th lawmaker’.

In addition, the law firm posted on Naver’s blog (Shangga Bar.com) twice, immediately after the 20th general election, in April 2016 and immediately after the 19th presidential election, in March 2017. Elected!’ and shared photos of the dissolution ceremony of the Election Countermeasure Committee. Attorney Shin Mo, co-CEO, was named as the chairman of Park’s election countermeasures during the 19th general election.

Candidate Park, who entered politics as a special legal advisor to President Roh Moo-hyun, served as the National Assembly Legislative Judiciary Committee in his 19s and 20s, and served as a secretary to the Democratic Judiciary Committee in the last 20s. It is pointed out that there is a problem in terms of the behavior of public officials that such candidate Park named and promoted as the CEO of the law firm he founded.

Rep. Cho said, “There is a problem that Candidate Park, who left a conflict of interest and became a secretary to the ruling party of the judiciary committee, was promoted as a representative lawyer.” You have to weigh it out.”

The Audit Office of the National Assembly said, “It doesn’t matter if a member of the National Assembly invests in a law firm (whether there is a conflict of interest or not).” I tried to contact candidate Park several times, but did not reach it.