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1 presidential guard, 23 public officials and public enterprise employees, etc.
“Investigation started by allocating to the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency”

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On the 23rd, the government joint special investigation headquarters (special edition), which is conducting investigations related to pre-speculation of new towns and real estate speculation by employees of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH·LH) Started an investigation. The special edition announced that the case against 23 people, including one security officer commissioned by the Blue House for investigation, and 23 local government officials and public corporation employees who were commissioned for an investigation by the government joint investigation team, were allotted to the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency. Accordingly, the number of targets for internal investigation and investigation of the special edition increased from 309 the previous day to 333. Mr. A, the chief of the Presidential Security Service at the Blue House, was confirmed to have lived a forest field (1983m2) in Noonsa-dong, Gwangmyeong-si with his family in September 2017, and was placed on standby. Mr. A’s older brother is an incumbent LH employee. If the 23 local government officials and public corporation employees who received an investigation request due to speculation suspicion were classified by their organization, Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do included in the 3rd new town, with the highest number of 10. Four in Ansan, three in Siheung, and one in Hanam followed. Two public corporations belong to the Bucheon City Corporation, and one from Gyeonggi City Corporation, Gwacheon City Corporation, and Ansan City Corporation. The Real Estate Speculation Reporting Center operated by the Special Edition received an additional 36 reports the previous day. The total number of reports received from the 15th to the day before the start of business reached 360. The special edition is confirming the facts of about 120 cases. By Jae-ho Lee, staff reporter [email protected]

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