The government “Ten thousands of people who were surveyed for land speculation in new cities…retirees are no exception”

It is expected that tens of thousands of people will be surveyed for suspicion of land investment in the third new city. / Reporter Sejun Lim

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport “Plans to expand and investigate land transactions to surrounding areas”

[더팩트│최수진 기자] The scope of the investigation of allegations of land speculation in the 3rd new city against Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) employees and public officials is expanding.

On the 5th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Ministry of Land) said, “In principle, the status of land owners will be grasped within the district,” through the data of’Questions and Answers for the 3rd New City Total Survey Plan. .

“The subject of the survey is all employees such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, LH, and local housing and urban corporations.” “The local government also investigates the workers in the department in charge of the 3rd new town. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has 4,000 officials from the headquarters and regional offices, and 10,000 LHs. If you include the direct existence, it will reach the level of tens of thousands of people,” he added.

The survey target area is 8 large-scale housing sites with more than 1 million square meters, including the 3rd new city, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to select additional survey targets and regions as necessary.

Retirees are no exception. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport emphasized that “retirees are civilians, and there is a limit to the investigation, but if abnormal land transactions are detected, we will devise an investigation plan.”

In addition, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “We will preferentially select those suspected of illegal behavior among the subjects of investigation.” We are also considering suing and accusation.”

On the other hand, on the 2nd, at a press conference held on the 2nd of the attorneys’ meeting for the Solidarity of Participation and Democratic Society, LH employees, a public institution in charge of securing new housing sites and compensation, raised suspicion that they were speculating on land. It is claimed that LH employees bought 23,000 square meters (about 7,000 pyeong) of land in Gwangmyeong and Siheung new cities announced last month as new public housing sites before designation as a new city.

The land they purchased is farmland distributed around the designated areas of the new city, and they can receive compensation for accommodation or compensation for land (a method of compensation with land instead of cash) during development.

LH announced an apology to the public on the 4th. “We will make every effort to investigate the facts so that we will not have any doubts while conducting a thorough investigation of the land transaction status of employees and their families in the relevant departments of Korea,” he said.

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