Kim Jin-wook, senior researcher at the Constitutional Court, was nominated for the first candidate for the Minister of Public Transport. yunhap news
It was confirmed that Kim Jin-wook, a senior researcher at the Constitutional Court, who was nominated by President Moon Jae-in as the first head of the high-ranking public officials criminal investigation office (the head of the public prosecution), lives in a private house in Daechi-dong, Seoul with a deposit of over 1.2 billion won. The Committee for Recommendation of the Minister of Public Affairs revealed that it is “integrity because it does not own real estate” as the reason for recommending Researcher Kim, and it is expected that it will be an issue in the process of the National Assembly personnel hearing in the future.
According to an official from the Recommendation Committee on the 30th, researcher Kim lives a charter with a deposit of 1.25 billion won in a mother apartment in Daechi-dong, Seoul. The sale price of this apartment, close to the Daechi-dong academy district, ranges from 1.8 billion won (20 pyeong) to 2.6 billion won (40 pyeong).
Researcher Kim disposed of an apartment in Seocho-gu, Seoul, which he had at the time while studying abroad with the support of the constitution a few years ago. After returning to Korea, he sought a charter in Daechi-dong,’Private Education No. 1′, as part of the apartment sale price. A person familiar with the process of recommending candidates for the Minister of Public Transport said, “I know that I moved to Daechi-dong to educate my children.”
It is known that Kim’s total fortune, including the apartment deposit, is about 2 billion won. The recommendation committee judges that it is not an’abnormal wealth growth’ in that he worked as a former lawyer at Kim & Chang for more than 10 years from 1998 to 2010 after quitting the judge.
However, as the Ministry of Public Affairs Recommendation said, “Researcher Kim has shown integrity as a legal professional, such as living in a house without owning a real estate at present,” there is a possibility that the power of the public will pose a problem in the future.
Regarding this, a passport official explained, “Compared to the assets of the other candidates for the Minister of Public Affairs, such as 13 billion won and 6 billion won, researcher Kim’s wealth was small.” did.
Geon-ri Lee, Vice Chairman of the Civil Rights Commission, who was named as the two finalists, Kim and the Minister of Public Service, reported a total of 1,7555,500,000 won at the time of the disclosure of the assets of senior public officials in March. As for real estate, a single apartment in Suseo-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (published price of 796 million won) was reported, and the recent actual transaction price of this apartment is over 1.6 billion won.
President Moon Jae-in nominated Researcher Kim, a former judge, as a candidate for the Minister of Public Transport. Researcher Kim is appointed through the National Assembly personnel hearing. The airlift is scheduled to be launched in January of next year.
Reporter Kim Ji-hye [email protected]