The police investigating allegations of speculation by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) in Gwangmyeong and Siheung new towns in Gyeonggi Province are moving the confiscated goods after the seizure and search of the headquarters of the Buksiheung Nonghyup in Siheung City, Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 17th. yunhap news
The government joint special investigation headquarters (special edition), which is investigating allegations of real estate speculation by the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), confiscated and searched the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the department in charge of real estate policy. The number of investigation targets that the special edition looks into has increased to 198.
On the morning of this morning, the special investigation team for real estate speculators of the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency confiscated and searched six locations including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Government Complex Sejong, the LH headquarters in Jinju, Gyeongsang Province, and the North Siheung Nonghyup in Gyeonggi Province. 33 investigators, including forensic agents, were put into the seizure and search that day.
This is the first time a special edition has been seized and searched by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport after an investigation involving LH began. The target of seizure and search within the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is the new city selection department, and the special edition examines whether LH executives and employees knew development information in advance and started selling land. North Siheung Nonghyup is a bank that received loans from many LH employees who are suspected of land speculation, and will investigate whether there were any problems with the loan process.
On the 9th, 15th, and 17th, the special edition confiscated and searched not only the headquarters of LH, but also the offices of the Siheung city councilor, Gwangmyeong and Pocheon city, Gyeonggi-do, and the offices of public officials, etc.
As suspicions of real estate speculation have been raised across the country, the scale of the cases held by the special edition is continuously expanding. As of 9 a.m. on that day, 198 (37 cases) were subject to internal investigation or investigation by the special edition. The scale has more than doubled in five days, and the targets of investigation include civilians as well as public officials and employees of public institutions.
The number of investigation targets is expected to increase for the time being as the window to capture the speculation situation is activated. The report center recently established by the special edition received 182 reports within two days of operation. An official of the Special Division said, “We are arranging the contents of the report and allocating the case to the competent metropolitan and provincial police offices.”
Apart from allegations of speculation, a full-scale investigation was initiated against the author who posted an anonymous post to the effect that the special edition’If no, move to LH’. The article was published in’Blind’, an application where office workers gather, and on the 14th, LH accused the author of business obstruction and defamation to the Jinju Police Station in Gyeongsangnam-do. The Cyber Investigation Division of the Gyeongnam Police Agency confiscated and searched the blind operator Tim Blind and LH headquarters from 3 p.m. on the same day to identify the author.
The police, however, failed to confiscate and search the blind Korean branch building on that day. A police official said, “In the process of determining the location of the Korean branch of the team blind, investigators came to the site to check the address marked in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and to check the office. I did” he said.
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