The people’s desire is to find all those who have committed illegal and foul and hold them accountable. Currently, the first investigation is being conducted against the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and LH employees, and 12 of them have been confirmed to refuse the investigation without giving consent for the use of personal information.
Next is reporter Hwa Kang-yoon.
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This is the consent form for the provision of personal information received by the government joint investigation team from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and all LH employees.
If you put your name and social security number in the real estate transaction management system, you can see the details of the real estate transaction, but prior consent is required to view it as personal information.
It was confirmed that although the agreement was urgently obtained from last weekend, led by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byeon Chang-heum, 12 people, including one employee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and 11 LH employees, expressed their intention to refuse and did not submit the consent.
There are also 29 LH employees who did not submit due to military service or stay abroad.
The joint investigation team announced that if the consent was refused, it would result in a disadvantage in personnel or review the request for investigation, but under the Personal Information Protection Act, it has the right to refuse and there is no proper way to punish it.
[장충모/LH 사장 직무대행 : 신규 채용 시 토지 거래 관련 동의서 제출을 의무화하고 불법 투기 거래로 검찰 기소 시 직권 면직 등 강력한 인사 조치를 시행하겠습니다.]
The joint investigation team plans to initiate a second investigation by receiving consent from employees’ families by tomorrow (10th), and next week with consent from local government and local construction employees.
However, it is expected that the noise of the entire investigation process will continue, as complaints have been filed internally that it is difficult to quickly obtain consent from a family member living away.
(Video coverage: Park Jin-ho, video editing: Kim Jong-woo)
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