Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, who announced the results of the first total investigation by the government joint investigation team for’LH speculation’ on March 11th. yunhap news
The government’s suspicion of speculation in the third new city through a joint government investigation revealed that 11 out of 20 employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport were speculative at the time of retrial by Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as President of LH. The government has a policy of considering Minister Byeon’s move.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said, “11 out of 20” when asked by the reporters’How many suspected cases of speculation while Secretary Byeon’s LH president was in office’ in the process of answering questions with reporters after the first joint investigation results were announced on the same day. Answered. All 20 are LH employees.
- Q. How many of the 20 people who were suspected of speculation were employees at the time of Byun’s tenure at LH?
- A. Of the 20 cases, 11 cases were confirmed to have occurred during Byeon’s presidency.
- Q. Is it possible for Minister Byeon’s unwavering leadership, such as measures to supply real estate in February 4?
- A. The policy to increase housing supply will proceed without a hitch. I don’t think Secretary Byeon can be free from responsibility. They are well aware of the people’s worries and feelings. I will consider carefully what action is needed.
- Q. Did all 20 people admit to speculation?
- A. About 20 people, the government confirmed that they were suspicious through land ledgers and real estate transactions, but did not directly investigate or investigate. To make a transfer to investigate 20 people. What the government can do is quickly check through data and prepare for investigation by investigative agencies.
- Q. One additional prosecutor is dispatched, what role does that prosecutor have?
- A. Investigations on illegal activities by public officials, including general speculation, are investigated and confirmed by the government joint investigation headquarters, which consists of 770 people, divided at each location. There is a government joint investigation team, and the first investigation was conducted by LH employees and employees of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and commissioned an investigation. After that, the second survey is conducted as if the first survey was conducted on public officials such as local public enterprises and local governments and employees of public enterprises. In order to conduct the investigation, the chief prosecutor’s level is assigned to the public service training team in the Prime Minister’s office, and the prosecutors were dispatched to be with him, and they are a member of the government joint investigation team. It will reflect the know-how.
- Q. The spouse was handed over to the investigation team, but was there any limitations of the investigation team, such as consent to personal information?
- A. Investigation of spouse’s direct existence was determined to be necessary, but in case of spouse’s direct existence, consent to use of personal information must be obtained, but it takes time and may cause unnecessary friction, so he transferred to the investigation headquarters for efficient investigation.
- Q. Of the 14,000 surveyed people, who did not consent to personal information?
- A. There are people who have not agreed to provide information. Since there are a few, they decided to request an investigation.
- Q. An LH employee posted on the anonymous bulletin board, ‘If you don’t say no, please change job’.
- A. It was confirmed that some people wrote inappropriate articles. It’s really bad behavior. I think it is necessary to take responsibility for this part and check it properly. Any behavior that impairs the dignity of public officials and actually adds discomfort to the public cannot be forgiven.
Prime Minister Jung said, “Including the examination of speculation suspicion raised by Minbyun and the Participation Solidarity as a result of the investigation, we investigated the transaction details and ownership information of a total of 14,000 people, including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and LH employees, respectively. A total of 20 suspects of speculation were confirmed.”
He said, “We will thoroughly investigate and investigate until the public tells us to quit,” he said. “We will immediately evict public officials who have committed illegal speculation.” In addition, he added, “We will mobilize all of the current laws and systems to collect all speculative profits,” he added. “We will make quick institutional supplements and legislative measures in consultation with the National Assembly so that illegal profits can be recovered.”
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