Yang Lee Won-young and the Democratic Party. News 1
In addition, it was confirmed on the 9th that the mother of the Democratic Party’s Rep. Lee Won-young Yang purchased land near the 3rd new city in 2019.
According to a report on property change of a high-ranking official in the National Assembly, Lee’s mother, Lee Mo, purchased 66㎡ (about 20 pyeong) out of San 42 Gahak-dong, Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do in August 2019 in the form of share-sharing. did. On the 24th of last month, Gahak-dong was designated as the 3rd new city, including Gwangmyeong-dong and Okgil-dong, Gwangmyeong-si.
The land purchased by Mr. Lee was not included in the new city developed by the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), but was located nearby. For this reason, there are suspicions that Mr. Lee knew and invested in development information in advance.
Regarding this, Congressman Yang issued a statement on the day and explained that “I did not know that my mother owned a forest field nearby until the recent LH incident occurred.” He said, “My mother clarified that’I was introduced to the people around me that there is investment value, so I invested together.'”
At the same time, Congressman Yang said, “We have decided to dispose of the property we own, including the forest,” and said, “I am sorry to the people who are angry with the LH incident.”
Earlier, the Democratic Party announced on the 8th that it would investigate the details of land transactions in the third new town of elected officials and their families belonging to the party. He said, “If speculators come out, the party will take the most powerful measures that the party can do, such as permanent expulsion, with the determination to’sell family registers’.”
Reporter Jang Joo-young [email protected]
