Ministry of Justice spokesman Park Cheol-woo (center) is explaining to reporters the background of filing a lawsuit for the repatriation of the land of four pro-Japanese members at the Justice Office in the Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th of last month. Newsis
In the wake of the March 1st, the government filed a lawsuit in which four descendants of pro-Japanese actors who engaged in anti-ethnic acts during the Japanese colonial rule would return the assets of 2.6 billion won to the national treasury.
On the 26th of last month, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit against 11 parcels, including the land in Hongeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, owned by pro-Japanese actors Gyu-won Lee, Ki-yong Lee, Seung-mok Hong, and Lee Hae-seung on the 26th of last month. Said on the 1st.
The land that the Ministry of Justice promoted for redemption is a total of 11 lots (area 85,000㎡) in Hongeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and Gimpo, Namyangju, and Paju, Gyeonggi-do. The actual real estate value is expected to be higher as the officially announced land price is about 2,67 billion won. The Ministry of Justice explained, “As the court decided to dispose of disposition in February of this year, it was also clarified that it was property acquired in exchange for pro-Japanese acts.”
Prior to this, Seodaemun-gu requested that, in October 2019, among the park development project sites, the suspected pro-Japanese property would be considered as subject to the government. In addition to this, the Liberation Association in August of last year also demanded the redemption of the treasury of some real estate that appears to be pro-Japanese property. As a result of reviewing the 11 parcels in question, the Ministry of Justice concluded that it was clear that it was given in return for pro-Japanese acts and that all relevant evidence was also available.
The four people who were designated as targets for property return were designated as pro-Japanese anti-ethnic actors in 2007. During the Japanese occupation, Lee Hae-seung, who was the owner of the forest in Hongeun-dong, Seodaemun-gu, received the title of the Korean Consolidation Memorial and Marquis from the Japanese government. Lee Ki-yong, who was the owner of the land in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, was given a position as a member of the Japanese Imperial Assembly nobleman with his own title. Hong Seung-mok, who owned a real estate in Paju City, Gyeonggi-do, received the Korean Merger Memorial Hall and served as the central government of the Joseon Dynasty. An official from the Ministry of Justice said, “There is insufficient evidence to admit the consideration for pro-Japanese acts, and the filing of the lawsuit is withheld for lands for which the statute of lapse has been completed.” I plan to file a lawsuit again.”
The Special Act on the return of property of pro-general actors to the state is based on property acquired by pro-Japanese actors in exchange for cooperation between Japan and Japan from February 1904 to August 15, 1945, when the Russian-Japanese War began in earnest. It is prescribed to belong to the state. However, cases obtained by a third party in good faith or by paying a fair price are excluded. Accordingly, since July 2006, the Pro-General National Actors’ Property Investigation Committee was established and has been in charge of returning pro-Japanese property to the state. have. Of the 19 lawsuits so far, 17 cases have been confirmed as the national victory, and about 26 billion won have been attributed to the government.
An official from the Ministry of Justice emphasized that “by thorough litigation, we will pursue pro-Japanese liquidation without interruption by completing the procedure for returning the target land to the state, and we will take back the pro-Japanese property of the last lot to realize the constitutional ideology and historical definition of the March 1 Movement. did.
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