[정치]8 out of 10 high-ranking government officials increase their wealth…”average of more than 100 million”

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It was found that the assets of high-ranking public officials belonging to the government, such as the Blue House, central ministries, and local governments, have increased by over 100 million won on average over the past year.

Eight out of 10 people grew their wealth, which was also the reason for the large fluctuations in real estate and stock prices.

The Government Officials Ethics Committee decided to immediately set up a joint judging team to focus on the process of building the property of those subject to this disclosure.

Reporter Song Jae-in’s report.

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The Government Officials Ethics Committee has disclosed changes in property reports of 1,885 high-ranking government officials.

The target is for government officials in the administration department such as the Blue House and ministries, level 1 public officials, heads of local governments, and members of the metropolitan council.

The average property report amount is 1.4 billion won, an increase of 130 million won from a year ago.

Of these, 7 million won, or more than half, are the result of the public housing price, the individual publicly announced land price, and the increase in the composite stock index.

This means that real estate and stock price fluctuations have played a big part in the increase in the wealth of high-ranking government officials by an average of more than 100 million won over the past year.

There are 1,496 high-ranking public officials with increased wealth, and 8 out of 10 people who are subject to this disclosure.

The biggest increase in fortune was Kim Jong-han, a member of the Busan Metropolitan City Council, an increase of about 4.5 billion won.

Lim Joon-taek, chairman of the Fisheries Cooperative Association of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, increased by 3.8 billion won, and Mi-ran Im, a member of the Gwangju Metropolitan City Council, which increased by 3.5 billion won, respectively.

In terms of total assets alone, KEPCO President Kim Jong-gap, who reported about 16.5 billion won, was the most common.

In particular, as public officials’ social interest in real estate ownership is focused ahead of this property disclosure, the rate of refusal to notify property such as direct existence has been the highest in the past five years.

First of all, the Government Officials Ethics Committee decided to intensively examine the public officials’ property formation process by organizing an intensive review team in cooperation with government agencies.

[황서종 / 인사혁신처 처장 : 도시개발지역 내 토지 및 건물소유자, 토지 신규거래자 중 이상 거래 의심자 등을 우선 선정하여 해당자의 부동산 취득일, 취득경위, 소득원 등 재산형성과정을 검증하는 방식으로 진행할 예정입니다.]

The Ethics Committee has a policy to immediately request exclusion from the job and request an investigation by an investigative agency if any suspected violations, such as using confidential information learned during the screening process, are found.

YTN Song Jae-in[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]