The Special Investigation Unit for Real Estate Speculation Crimes of the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency is moving the confiscated goods after completing a search for seizure related to allegations of land dumping at Siheung City Council in Gyeonggi-do on the afternoon of the 15th. Newsis
The police, which are investigating allegations of real estate speculation by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), launched a simultaneous investigation into public officials who purchased the planned development sites across the country, including the third new city. The police are expanding their investigation targets not only from LH staff, but also to general public officials, city council members, and affiliates. The scope of the investigation is expected to expand further as the police received 70 reports in one day, and the number of additional cases requested by the government joint investigation team will increase.
On the 15th, the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency sent 24 investigators to five locations, including the residences and offices of Gwangmyeong city officials A and Siheung city councilman B, who purchased land in the Gwangmyeong and Siheung new towns, and conducted a seizure search. Mr. A, a 6th-level employee of Gwangmyeong City Hall, purchased 793㎡ of forest in Gahak-dong, Gwangmyeong-si, for 430 million won in early July of last year, under the joint name of himself and three family members. The land purchased by Mr. A through the’split method’ is included in the planned Gwangmyeong and Siheung new cities, and is located right next to the Suwon-Gwangmyeong Expressway and about 3km away from KTX Gwangmyeong Station. It turned out that Mr. A even changed the trait illegally on part of the land.
In September 2018, when he was a member of the standing committee related to urban development, in September 2018, in his daughter’s name, he purchased the forest area in Guarim-dong, Siheung-si, for 100 million won. Park Ki’ is thinking of doubts. There are no other facilities in the vicinity of this building other than a junk shop, so it is suspected that Assemblyman B built a speculative new construction in order to receive more compensation.
The Northern Gyeonggi Police Agency also initiated a forcible investigation of an officer in Pocheon City, Gyeonggi Province, who was suspected of dumping the land at the planned railway station. On that day, the police mobilized 14 investigators, including forensic agents, to seize and search the residence of C, a civil servant in Pocheon City, and the office of the city hall. The fact that Mr. C borrowed 4 billion won in mortgage and credit loans in September last year and purchased 2,600 square meters of land and a single-story prefabricated building near the planned historic site of the Seoul Subway Line 7 extended controversy. The land purchased by Mr. C is said to be located within 100m of the history currently under consideration. The police are paying attention to the fact that Mr. C has been working as an executive in charge of the Pocheon urban railroad extension project from the end of 2018 to the end of 2019, and is checking the job relevance.
On the 15th, at Pocheon City Hall in Gyeonggi Province, the confiscated goods are being transferred to a vehicle after the police have finished seizure and search. yunhap news
The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency’s violent criminal investigation team also confiscated and searched the city corporation on the same day in connection with the investigation of an employee of the Busan Metropolitan City Corporation who was suspected of corruption related to the bidding for a bidding in Gijang-gun, Busan. The police reported that the employee in question participated in the bid for the site in the Gwangwang New City area that he was in charge of in 2018, and has conducted internal investigations. This employee was in charge of uploading the city construction site to the government auction site’OnBid’ at the time of the sale of commercial land in the area, and it is said that he made a contract and participated in the bidding as if he had invested with his acquaintances. The Busan Metropolitan City Corporation initiated an audit at the end of last year and dismissed the employee.
The targets of the police investigation revealed through the seizure and search on the day were already known through the media, so there was no new content, but it was clearly revealed that there would be no restrictions on the subjects of the investigation. This is because it targeted not only LH employees, which started the incident, but also local government officials, affiliates, and city councilors.
In addition, the National Police Agency’s National Investigation Headquarters, which leads the government joint special investigation headquarters (special edition), began operating the real estate speculation reporting center in earnest from this day, and the investigation is expected to expand. The Report Center receives reports and complaints about real estate speculation through the direct number ’02-3150-0025′. Major reporting targets include not only illegal use of internal information by public officials or employees of public institutions, but also private real estate speculation and real estate market disruption. The report center has already received 70 reports by 5 pm on the first day of operation.
An official of the police said, “We have high public interest and are speeding up the investigation in consideration of the seriousness of the case.”
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