Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byeon Chang-heum leaves the party’s office after meeting with Lee Nak-yeon and Democratic Party representative at the Yeouido National Assembly in Seoul on the 5th. News 1
– Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Byun Chang-heum apologized for causing the controversy by making a remark that seemed to be encouraging about the land speculation of Gwangmyeong Siheung by the employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), saying, “I don’t know what to do.”
In a text message sent to reporters on the 5th, Minister Byeon said, “Even though real estate speculation by employees of public companies that develop land publicly for any reason is unacceptable, LH employees’ reasons for speculation were unacceptable. The point that came to appear as if it was my invisibility.”
“In the future, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, local governments, LH, and executives and employees of local public corporations, regardless of the reason or profit, will be thoroughly investigated with the attitude that real estate transactions for speculation purposes will never be forgiven. Added.
MBC said at a news desk on the 4th that Minister Byeon said to the employees who purchased the land in Siheung, Gwangmyeong, “It seems that they did not know the development information and bought the land in advance.” “It is foolish to buy the land in a new city that is fully accepted. It was reported that Yong-soo had no merit because he bought it as a connoisseur.”
Afterwards, there was a criticism that the minister in charge had made inappropriate remarks in a situation where there was controversy over the fact that the employees of the public corporations responsible for the creation of the new town were going to speculate on the land.
Lee Nak-yeon, the leader of the Democratic Party, also called Minister Byeon on the same day and accused LH employees of the alleged speculation of land, saying, “You must never make any statements that seem to be dominated by the organization in the future.”
Minister Byun later explained, “The government joint investigation team arrived at the LH headquarters at 5 pm today (5th) and started the investigation in earnest.” did.
Minister Byeon said, “The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has also begun an investigation from today.” “I said.
He added, “We will do our best to restore the public’s trust through rapid and intensive investigations, punishment, and establish countermeasures to prevent recurrence, and to implement the housing supply plan promised to the public.”
Reporter Jeong Hye-jeong [email protected]
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