On the 17th, a suspicion was raised on the 17th that the family of members of the Democratic Party with Lim Jong-seong also speculated on land in Gwangju City, Gyeonggi, a district of Representative Lim.
Lim’s elder sister and cousin, and Lee’s wife, a former Gyeonggi-do congressman, as an assistant to Congressman Lim, jointly purchased 6409m2 of land near the Gosan 2-house district in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. At the time, Rep. Lim was a member of the National Assembly Transportation Committee. The city of Gwangju announced the change of the Gosan District 2 urban management plan within a month after they bought the land, and the following year, in October 2019, a contractor for the Gosan District 2 development project was selected.
However, Rep. Lim denied the connection, saying, “I didn’t know that I bought the land because I didn’t get in touch with my sister because I wasn’t good.” Gyeonggi-do lawmaker Lee also strongly denied allegations of speculation. He said, “Im’s older sister did a real estate in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, and he introduced the land that came out for sale. I bought it with the mind that I would, but suddenly I didn’t know that it might be included in the target area for development like this.” In addition, he said, “I don’t know if my wife bought the land, so I’ve been missing it in the property report.”
Land transactions in Gosan-ri surged before and after 2018, when Lim’s older sister and Lee Mo’s wife of a Gyeonggi-do lawmaker bought the land. Land transactions in Gosan-ri were 46 in 2017, 104 in 2018, 210 in 2019, and 112 in 2020.
Meanwhile, Minister of Public Administration and Security Jeon Hae-cheol said that the ruling and opposition parties agreed to introduce a special prosecution in connection with the controversy over allegations of speculation in the 3rd new city by the employees of Korea Land and Housing Corporation. said. The former minister attended the general meeting of the National Assembly’s Administrative and Safety Committee on this day and asked a question of Rep. Kim Hyeong-dong, “What do you think about the launch of a special prosecution?” “I do,” he replied.
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