“Victims of Charter Fraud Demand Inclusion of Deposit Bond Plan in Special Law”

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Victims of charter fraud held a press conference today at the National Assembly.

They urged that a plan to purchase deposit bonds should be included in the special law.

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong, who visited the National Assembly, still drew a line about the so-called ‘recovery after pioneering’ plan that the victims demanded.

Reporter Minji Goo covered the story.

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″Stop distorting the waste of blood tax and enact a special law!″

Victims of charter fraud stood in front of the National Assembly.

In the special law on charter fraud, the government first argued that the “preemption system regret” plan should be included in order to purchase bonds for the return of deposits from victims.

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″Measures that victims can use must-have, not countermeasures that are empty and gaudy wrapped in shiny packaging…″

In the position of the government and the ruling party that it costs a lot of blood tax to support the deposit that was taken off, they refuted that they do not support the victims while supporting insolvent finance.

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″The bank has no responsibility or obligation. But I’m just claiming my rights. I’m just trying to make a profit. But why should the victim only be held accountable?″

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong, who visited the National Assembly ahead of the proposal of the special law, adhered to a negative stance on the plan to support the deposit first.

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″This is the “no return idea”. It’s not a “afterthought”. I don’t know if it will be returned or not, but on the premise that it will be, please ask us first.

There is no disagreement between the ruling and opposition parties on the ‘Amendment to the Framework Act on Local Taxes’, which requires tenants to pay rent deposits before local taxes, and the ‘Amendment to the Appraisal Judiciary Act’, which strengthens sanctions against appraisers involved in real estate crimes.

This is MBC News Koo Min-ji.

Video coverage: Koo Bon-won/Video editing: Park Byeong-geun