[단독]Three employees working in a department at LH bought 1.5 billion land in a new city together.

Four days after the announcement of the new city… LH employees planted seedlings in the ground About 2,000 saplings are planted in a land in Gwarim-dong, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, purchased by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) in February last year. This land is included in the new cities of Gwangmyeong and Siheung, which the government announced on the 24th of last month. It is reported that the owners, LH employees, commissioned a landscaping company to plant seedlings on the 28th, four days after the announcement. It is said that if you engage in agricultural activities such as planting seedlings, the amount of compensation will increase afterwards. Siheung = Reporter Hoeseong Yang [email protected]-Previous and current employees of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) bought land from the district before the announcement of the creation of new towns in Gwangmyeong and Siheung, Gyeonggi Province. It was confirmed that they purchased together.

To summarize the coverage of the Dong-A Ilbo, 3996m² of farmland (approximately 1,209 pyeong) traded for 1.51 billion won out of 10 plots in Gwarim-dong and Mujinae-dong, Siheung City, which were suspicious by the participation solidarity on the 2nd, is jointly owned by four LH employees. Three of them belong to a department of the LH Gwacheon Uiwang Project. The other one also works at the LH headquarters in Gwangju and Jeonnam.

On June 3, 2019, when four LH employees bought the land, another 2739m² of farmland nearby was also sold by the same owner. One of those who bought the land for 1.30 billion won is said to have been the head of another 3rd new town at the time. A real estate official asked, “Is it a coincidence that 5 out of 6 people who bought the land of one owner on the same day are all LH employees?”

In addition to the 10 lots that were suspicious on the 2nd, four more lands were revealed by LH employees. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, two of the ten lots were not owned by employees, but apart from this, it was revealed that LH employees bought four additional lots in Noonsa-dong and Okgil-dong, Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do. On the 3rd, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “13 LH employees acquired 12 parcels in the new town development area. “We took the employees into position.” President Moon Jae-in ordered an intense response to the allegations. Spokesman Kang Min-seok of the Blue House said, “The President has ordered a full investigation into land transactions of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, LH, and employees of related departments of related public institutions and their families in all six new cities in Gwangmyeong and Siheung. President Moon also said, “The Prime Minister’s Office will conduct the entire investigation, but put enough manpower with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to avoid any suspicion, and if any illegal matters are confirmed, take a strict response, such as requesting an investigation.” Also come up with institutional measures,” he ordered. On the 2nd, the National Police Agency’s National Investigation Headquarters ordered the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency to investigate the case after receiving a complaint from a civic group related to the alleged speculation. On the 3rd, the anti-corruption economic crime investigation team of the Gyeonggi Southern Office called a civic group to investigate the accused. The civic group is also planning to sue the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum, who served as LH president at the time of the purchase of the land, for abandonment of work.

Siheung=Kim Tae-sung [email protected] / Hyung-jun Hwang / Suwon=Gyeong-jin Lee, reporter