View of L City. Photo L City
It emerged as an issue of the Busan mayoral election when a petition was filed with the police stating that about 100 high-ranking officials had preferential treatment during the sale of L City (LCT), a high-rise residential-commercial building in Haeundae, Busan. Both the ruling and opposition parties went to the battle, saying, “Let’s reveal the truth,” as if considering the 4·7 by-election with less than a month left in mind.
Candidates for the mayor of Busan, “Let’s reveal the truth”
In addition, Democratic Party candidate Kim Young-chun posted a post on his Facebook page saying, “Disclose the list of preferential sales for L-City and investigate by the airborne agency.” He argued, “At the time of the 20th National Assembly, an incumbent National Assembly member of the Free Korea Party (now the power of the people) was arrested on charges of receiving money in the process of licensing the L City development project.”
Accordingly, the power of the people called for a strict investigation, saying, “Fake news related to L-City is circulating.” People’s Power Rep. Ha Tae-gyeong, head of the Seondae Committee’s general manager Park Hyung-jun, said at the Seondae Committee meeting that afternoon, “I responded a lot because there was fake news more than four years ago. It has nothing to do with the politician of Euihim, and there is no one (not related).”
“(The L-City list problem) smells of the second’Ulsan mayoral election manipulation’ case. Even in Busan, he said, “If you pray for a manipulation election, you will be punished,” he said. “Either the police or the prosecution should quickly reveal what received preferential treatment.”
As the controversy spread, the prosecutors said, “The list of preferential pre-sale for L City is data that has not been secured during the prosecution’s investigation.” On this day, the Busan District Prosecutors’ Office said, “The 43rd generation contractors of L City, which were first sold on October 31, 2015, who were accused by the Participation Solidarity, are reported to appear on the’L City Preferential Sale List’. Public officials are not included.”
The petitioner who filed a complaint with the police claimed that “apart from the 43rd generation contractor who complained to the participating regiment, preferential sales were made to about 100 personnel.” In a telephone interview with JoongAng Ilbo on the 10th, petitioner said in a telephone interview with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 10th, “The L-City implementation had a good view and pre-sold the preferred number of floors to 100 people, including the then National Assembly members, former and current high-ranking officials, and famous businessmen.” They were distributed by lottery.”
The L-City side refuted, saying, “It was sold according to legal procedures, and there was no preferential treatment.” An official from L City said, “At the time, L City had a sales rate of 42% after the party contract of the subscription winners, and there were 120 preliminary winners, but only about 5 households were contracted, and they were concerned about the mass unsold situation.” There is no problem by signing a contract through the voluntary distribution method of the business entity,” he argued.
Regarding the list, he explained, “It is presumed to be a customer list created for the sale of the remaining households,” he said. “If it is a preferential list, it is vital to maintain security, but it does not fit common sense that sensitive information is written in Excel format and stored on the company computer.” .
Upon receiving the complaint, the police began to find out the facts. An official from the Busan Police Agency said, “It is in the early stages of confirming the facts, so there is no confirmed fact in the contents of the complaint,” and said, “We are conducting a reference investigation to confirm the facts of the complaint.”
Busan = Reporter Eunji Lee [email protected]
