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| Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum answers questions from lawmakers at a general meeting of the Land Transport Commission held at the National Assembly on the 9th. 2021.3.9/News1 © News1 Reporter Park Se-yeon |
“I’m sorry. If necessary, I will take responsibility. But through a thorough investigation, I will reveal the substance of the speculation.” (Minister Byun Chang-heum, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
On the 9th, the National Assembly’s National Land Transport Commission’s landfill targeting Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum ultimately resulted in the expansion of the scope of the investigation of the’suspects’ of land dumping, the expansion of the targets, and the reinforcement of the detection of the targets. Here, the need for a’real estate supervisory organization’ mentioned by President Moon Jae-in in August of last year also emerged again.
◇ Minister Byeon Chang-heum’s apology for’Regret’
On this day, the National Land Commission began with a recourse to Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum, who served as the former president of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) regardless of the opposition party.
Justice Party lawmaker Shim Sang-jeong said to Minister Byeon, who made a remarkable remark about LH employees who are suspicious of speculation. Criticized.
Rep. Kim Hee-guk said, “If an employee who is not related to work uses inside information, it is difficult to punish,” and criticized “What have you done over the past 4 years. You are cracking down on real estate speculation for the past 4 years, and now the punishment regulations are insufficient.”
In addition, Democratic Party lawmaker Jin Seong-jun also demanded, “If the facts are not investigated, punished by the person in charge, and the system for recurrence control is not completed, you should be determined to abandon the ministerial position.”
In response, Minister Byeon mentioned that he was terrible and regretful, and replied, “I am not concerned with the position of the minister, but I will conduct an investigation thoroughly and reveal the speculation entity inside and outside the government, as the current responsibility is heavy.”
Subsequently, the National Territorial Commission, which resumed after the reign of once, discussed the period and scope of the investigation targets, and the necessity of an investigation and supervisory organization to investigate allegations of land dumping, including government officials.
Rep. Song Seok-joon said, “If this LH speculation suspicion goes more broadly, it could be the tip of the iceberg.” He criticized.
Rep. Kim Sang-hoon of the same party also pointed out, “If an investigation is to prevent the by-election from spattering fire, it will be an investigation that deceives the public,” and pointed out that “Investigation and investigation should be conducted to thoroughly reveal the possibility of car-name transactions.”
In addition, lawmakers with regional districts such as Sejong City also demanded that public officials expand the subject of real estate information disclosure, claiming that speculation is being raised in other development areas besides the 3rd new city. Eung-cheon Cho, a member of the Democratic Party, said, “In the case of local land offices, we know that the officials who are employed in the office are subject to the investigation this time. They also need to investigate allegations of speculation.”
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| Participants, including Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum (second from left) and Jang Choong-mo, acting president of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (right), apologized for the recent allegations of speculation by LH employees at the Plenary Meeting of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the afternoon of the 9th. I’m doing it. 2021.3.9/News1 © News1 Reporter Park Se-yeon |
◇Increase the subject, scope, and period of the survey… One voice catching the’dead person’
Minister Byeon Chang-heum promised to prevent recurrence of such inquiries. He explained, “(To eliminate allegations of speculation on LH land), we will investigate the transaction details of public officials in advance before the announcement, and then target only those places that are not abnormal.”
Regarding the issue of receiving the consent to provide personal information, Minister Byeon said, “We will take a method of obtaining a comprehensive consent form for public officials and conducting a land transaction investigation first, and after the location is announced, we will take a method of obtaining consent for public officials as well as public officials for analysis.” Said. In addition to the 3rd new town, he said, “If necessary, we will actively review the expansion of the surveyed areas and public development projects to be surveyed.”
In addition, when asked about the real estate supervisory agency, he said, “It is urgent to prepare a system to filter out land speculation.”
Meanwhile, President Moon Jae-in said on the day that LH employees’ suspicion of speculation on land, “Investigate speculation as speculation, but the government’s trust in housing supply measures should not be shaken.”
President Moon said this morning, saying, “There should be no setbacks in the 2·4 real estate countermeasures,” said Blue House spokesman Kang Min-seok through a briefing at Chunchu-gwan. At the same time, President Moon stressed that “supply measures must be promoted with a sense of speed.”
President Moon’s message on this day is the fifth instruction on the LH incident, and President Moon has been continuing since the last 2 days when the suspicion was first raised. In particular, it is interpreted to mean that Minister Byeon’s housing supply’maintenance’ was emphasized again by emphasizing the unshakable real estate policy, regardless of whether or not he is responsible for land speculation.