On the 8th, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun ordered the police to establish a’Government Joint Special Investigation Headquarter’, in which related agencies such as the Financial Services Commission and the National Tax Service participate, in relation to allegations of speculation by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) to thoroughly investigate illegal speculation. . On the morning of the 9th, employees are coming and going to the building of the National Investigation Headquarters in the Seodaemun-gu Police Office in Seoul. News 1
It has been confirmed that the police investigating allegations of LH land speculation have put up to 100 suspects of real estate speculation on the basis of the information it has collected as of the 12th. The police, who received a request from the government joint investigation group (joint group) the day before to investigate 20 LH employees who have confirmed land transactions in new city development areas, are planning to further expand the subject of investigation through self-identification investigations.
Police, “Estimated 100 suspects of speculation”
According to the police on the 12th, the National Police Agency’s National Investigation Headquarters (guksubon) has been looking into a total of 16 cases of real estate speculation since LH employees were suspicious of dumping on the ground on the 2nd. The Noodles Edition oversees the’Government Joint Special Investigation Headquarters’ (joint version) that investigates allegations of speculation in the LH new city.
A high-ranking official said, “There are a total of 16 cases that the police are investigating and investigating, and 10 of them are recognized by the police through espionage to confirm the facts.” It’s over” he said. It is known that among these personnel, not only LH staff, but also public officials and civilians were included.
As the current collection includes the Noodles-based Serious Crime Investigation Division, which can be directly investigated, and the Crime Information Division in charge of collecting espionage, the police are expanding the scope of the investigation based on the information and information collected by themselves in addition to the results handed over from the union. It is a policy. The official explained that “about 100 people who have been targeted for investigation will be converted into suspects if there is an offense through internal investigations and investigations.”
“Under investigation, not investigation, tracking even the next-name transaction”
Graphic image of how the 3rd new city government joint special investigation will take place.
The police, who received the data of 20 LH employees who were identified as suspected speculation from the joint group on the 11th, plan to see if they have speculated on real estate under their relatives or under their second names. The 13 LH employees, previously exposed by the Participatory Solidarity and the Lawyers for Democratic Society, are currently in prison after being converted into suspects. The government plans to reinforce the investigation of the seven additional LH employees identified by the government and file them as suspects sooner or later.
However, the police said that they would pursue the allegations of speculation through the name of a spouse and a spouse that the union did not disclose through an investigation rather than a full investigation. An official of the noodle book said, “It is not our authority to conduct a full investigation,” and said, “We will analyze and investigate until the end with the cooperation of data from related organizations regarding loan-name transactions and relatives transactions that the public is concerned about.” The police plan to conduct forced investigations, such as seizure and search, if necessary.
“Even if it takes time, we investigate strictly until the end”
Meanwhile, a total of 34 people will be dispatched from the National Tax Service (18), the Korea Real Estate Agency (11), and the Financial Services Commission (5), and will be dispatched to the investigation headquarters and 18 metropolitan/provincial police offices nationwide. From the 15th, the real estate speculation reporting center under the Hapsubon will also be operated in earnest. The police asked for active reporting from citizens through the report center.
A high-ranking official of Guksubon said, “We will exercise our ability to investigate real estate speculation, which is angry with many people, and investigate all the areas that can be viewed, such as loan-and-deal transactions of relatives. Even if it takes a long time to analyze the data, I will do it to the end with the will of the investigation,” he emphasized.
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