文, LH’s speculative case excludes the late investigation…盧, entrusted to the great sword of’speculation and war’ 16 years ago

Input 2021.03.08 10:45 | Revision 2021.03.08 10:58

Former President “Real estate policy is really warlike”
After the great prosecution that day, a joint investigation headquarters was formed with the National Tax Service and the Ministry of Construction and Transportation.
President Wen, “Do a thorough investigation,” commanded by the Prime Minister’s Office
The prosecution’s missing means…文 “The auditor’s audit is judged by the auditor”
Public opinion worsens if the prosecution makes a major investigation and results in’complete inspection’

When Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) employees’ suspicion of fighting spirit in the third new city emerged as a major concern of the people, President Moon Jae-in came to the fore. For three days in a row, LH, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport staff, and the Blue House workers were instructed to conduct a thorough investigation. The Blue House’s explanation is that President Moon Jae-in is feeling serious about this incident and has given such an order in terms of showing that he will not tolerate real estate speculation.

However, the opposition party is still raising voices that it should apologize directly to the public, saying there is a problem with President Moon’s response. The opposition party points out that because the total investigation under the direction of the president is a’self-investigation’, it has no choice but to be’look after my family’. The reason for this point is that the prosecution, who has extensive experience in investigating large-scale economic and corruption cases, is uniquely missing from the subject of investigating speculation on the candidate site for the third new city.

But it was different during the Roh Moo-hyun administration. President Roh, who promoted the second new city, declared the’war on real estate speculation’ in 2005, 16 years ago, and had the prosecution lead the investigation. The prosecution conducted a major investigation and resulted in the discovery of 27 public officials who participated in real estate speculation.

◇ Head of the Joint Investigation Headquarters, Chief of the Great Sword Criminal Headquarters

When the Roh Moo-hyun administration announced the creation of the second new town, there was a similar situation as it is now. The 2nd new city is Gimpo (Han River), Incheon Geomdan, Hwaseong Dongtan 1-2, Pyeongtaek Godeok, Suwon Gwanggyo, Seongnam Pangyo, Seoul Songpa (Wirye), Yangju Okjeong, Paju Unjeong, etc. 10 metropolitan areas and 2 Chungcheong areas ( Asan, Doan), etc., in a total of 12 locations. Then, real estate speculation in these areas began to rage.

On July 7, 2005, former President Roh Moo-hyun declared the’war on real estate speculation’ at a meeting with the chief of reporting and editorship of the central media. At the time, “the reason why (government) clings to real estate is because polarization is the core,” said Roh. “The polarization caused by speculative income is difficult for people to accept and the feeling of loss is great, so the real estate policy is really warlike.”

On the same day, the prosecution came out. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office announced a policy of’special crackdown to eradicate real estate speculation’ and declared that it was’actually real estate speculators and war’. The’special crackdown plan to eradicate real estate speculation’ was announced by Lee Dong-ki, then the Chief Swordsman.

The government formed a joint investigation headquarters for real estate speculators with the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, the National Police Agency, the National Tax Service, and the Ministry of Construction and Transportation. The head of the joint investigation headquarters was the chief of detective Lee Dong-gi, the great swordsman. Hapsubon conducted a special crackdown to eradicate real estate speculation from July 7 to October 31 of the year Roh declared’war’, arresting 9,700 people and arresting 300 of them. Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, who was working at the Uijeongbu District Prosecutor’s Office at the time, Goyang District also participated in the investigation.

There were 27 public officials caught. Park Mo, a 5th-level public official in the Ministry of Construction and Transportation, provided information to real estate speculators that the forest field in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-gu, Gyeonggi-do will be released in a restricted development area (green belt), and received 10 million won. Gyeonggi-do Hwaseong City Hall Urban Planning Division and six civil servants from the construction department obtained information that the whole area of ​​Hwaseong City was designated as an urban development district and large-scale housing site development was in progress. It was jointly purchased for 2.1 billion won. When the purchased forest was adjacent to the road and it was not easy to change the land type, they purchased a public official in charge and received a change in character, and then trusted the name in front of the wife of the representative of the design office.

In February 1990, fifteen years earlier than this, the prosecution and other related ministries established a joint investigation headquarters during the Roh Tae-woo administration to conduct a thorough investigation, arresting 10,000 real estate speculators and arresting 776 people. At the time, the investigation took place one year after the government announced plans to build new cities in five regions, including Bundang, Seongnam-si, Ilsan, Goyang-si, Jung-dong, Bucheon-si, Pyeongchon, Anyang-si, and Sanbon, Gunpo-si in 1989.

◇’Exclusion of the prosecution’, Directed by President Wen… Limited research targets

However, in the real estate speculation survey conducted by the Moon Jae-in administration 16 years after the Roh Moo-hyun administration’s war on real estate speculation,’the prosecution’ does not appear at all.

President Moon Jae-in’s three orders emphasize’self-investigation’. On the 3rd, President Moon instructed the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport to conduct a total land transaction investigation on employees and families such as LH and related public institutions. “I said. On the 4th, he ordered a’preemptive investigation at the government level’, saying, “Audit’s audit is a matter for the auditor to judge.” On the 5th, it was instructed to “quickly investigate whether all employees and their families, including the Blue House chief, secretary, and administrative officers, for land transactions in the third new town,” but the investigation is conducted by the Blue House itself.

Under the direction of President Moon, the’Joint Investigation Group of Related Organizations, organized directly under the Prime Minister’s Office, participates in the Office of State Coordination, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Public Administration and Security, National Police Agency, Gyeonggi-do, and Incheon Metropolitan City. Compared to the time of the Roh Moo-hyun administration 16 years ago, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security were entered and the prosecution was eliminated.

It is also different from the Roh Moo-hyun administration that the subject of investigation is also limited from the initiation stage. According to the joint investigation team, the subjects of the investigation are all employees of related public enterprises, such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and LH, and the public officials and spouses of the department in charge of the new city of the local government under the jurisdiction of the new city, and their direct relatives. However, compared to the fact that President Moon’s order on the 3rd was limited to’workers and families in departments related to the development of new housing sites such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, LH, and related public institutions’.

In this way, it is pointed out that the fact of speculation cannot be revealed if a public official or an employee of an LH public institution makes a loan under the name of a relative with a somewhat distant relationship, such as a cousin. In a commentary, spokesman Bae Jun-young of People’s Power said, “Why are we in a hurry to complete a full investigation of land transactions for 4000 people and 10,000 LH by next week?” “Car name transactions, neighboring neighborhood investments, face-to-face investigations, speculation near railroad stations such as GTX will close your eyes. Is it?” He said, “Why do you exclude the auditor and the prosecution from the subject of the investigation?” He said, “Why do you want to exclude the prosecutors who made results through account tracking and seizure search in the war against speculation in the 1st and 2nd new cities and believe the results of the investigation led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.” .

In this regard, former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol also said in an interview with the Chosun Ilbo on the 7th, “(Ministry of Land) self-investigation does not take time to destroy evidence, but an immediate and extensive’investigation’.” He said, “What can I tell by asking whether I bought the land or not, by looking at the registration book only by looking at the register of LH or the Blue House?” he said, “There will be more transactions in the car name than the real name.”

However, the Democratic Party of Korea still excludes the involvement of the prosecution. At a briefing, a spokesman for the Democratic Party of Shin Young-dae emphasized’self-investigation’, saying that real estate speculation is a “permanent ill of our society.” After mentioning the contents of President Moon’s instructions, he said, “CEO Nak-yeon Lee also instructed the party ethics inspection team to conduct a thorough investigation into the party’s ethics inspection team for the members of the National Assembly, the heads of local governments, members of the lawmakers, and their families.”

Justice Minister Park Beom-gye gave an order to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on the 5th, “Appoint a prosecutor in charge of real estate speculators for each office, and promptly review the request for a warrant by the police.” Rather than investigating the real estate speculation offender, it was only an order to quickly review the police’s request for a warrant and make every effort to maintain the prosecution.

With the recent Democratic Party’s pursuit of complete deprivation of the prosecution’s right to investigate (complete inspection), it is pointed out whether the prosecution is concerned about the situation in which public opinion about’complete inspection’ will worsen if the prosecution proceeds to a large-scale investigation and uncovers the speculative offender. .