A week after the revelation, LH’search for the rear book’… “I would have made enough time to get rid of the evidence”

Input 2021.03.10 15:21

On the 9th, the police went into seizure and search of LH headquarters and related people’s homes to investigate allegations of land dumping by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH). Criticism is pouring out that the police “missed’Golden Time’ to secure important evidence” for the’back-north investigation’ only days after civic groups exposed LH’s speculation suspicion.

The targets of the police seizure and search conducted on the 9th were the Gyeongnam Jinju LH headquarters, the Gwacheon Uiwang business headquarters, the Gwangmyeong Siheung business headquarters, and the residences and offices of 13 incumbent LH employees who were suspicious of speculation. The police also imposed a ban on leaving the country for 13 employees.

However, many point out that this is a procrastination response that missed the timing of the seizure search. The speculation suspicion was first revealed on the 2nd, but the reason the police applied for a seizure and search warrant to the court was because 3 days were wasted in the middle of the 5th.

After that, it took three more days until the 8th when the court warrant was issued. A lawyer from the military prosecution said, “It was a case of great public interest, but it took too long for seizure and search.”

Unfortunately, a photo of a building lit up like broad daylight was posted on the online community at the dawn of the 9th, when the police seized and searched the building, further raising suspicion of the possible destruction of evidence by LH-related people. Also did.

For this reason, it is said that inside and outside the legal community, it will be difficult to secure evidence to prove allegations of speculation by LH executives and employees through the procrastination of police seizure and search. There are also not a few criticisms that the police, who took the first test of their investigative capabilities after the adjustment of the prosecutor’s right, missed the golden time of seizure and search. The procrastination investigation may have given those involved in enough time to destroy the evidence.

An attorney who requested anonymity said, “In the case of the existing prosecution, such a case of great public interest would have been ended within three days, even if it was usually a long seizure and search,” he said. “It is difficult to understand why the police delayed this time.” He added, “There is a high possibility that the evidence has already been destroyed, such as the people who have already spoken together, and erased cell phone and computer records,” he added.

Some criticize that the time has been delayed and the timing of the forced investigation by the police has been delayed, saying the government is conducting its own investigation to find out the truth. The government initially focused on solving it through its own’investigation’ rather than’investigation’, but as public opinion deteriorated, the police belatedly investigated. In particular, the inclusion of the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, which is also the subject of suspicion along with the LH, as the subject of the investigation together with the Prime Minister’s Office is also a subject of sharp criticism.

Legal officials agree that the core of the investigation is to prove whether government officials and LH employees from relevant ministries who can obtain information on the new city have used internal information to speculate.

In detail, many point out that it is necessary to find traces of confidential information stored on the mobile phones or computers of the people involved, or to quickly secure communication details such as messengers and e-mails used by them. However, when all the traces are erased, there are concerns that if the relevant people agree with each other, saying, “It was just a coincidence, I did not know well about the secret information,” only suspicion remains and punishment will be impossible.

A person in the legal profession said, “If you claim that you invested in the future based on your personal judgment, instead of knowing confidential information, there will be no way to punish.”

The 3rd new city areas, including Gwangmyeong and Siheung districts in Gyeonggi-do, which are currently suspected of speculation, were designated as Bogeumjari districts in 2010. Since it continued to attract attention as a candidate site for a new city even after it was released from the district in 2014, it is expected that it will be difficult to prove false if it is claimed that it was a simple private investment.