‘1.1 Billion Missing’ Jo Su-Jin’s Counterattack “Kim Hong-geol’s House, Moon Jin-seok 3.7 Billion Missing”

On the 9th, Representative Cho Su-jin, a member of the People’s Force (formerly Future Integration Party), who was surrounded by suspicion of the willful omission of a 1.1 billion won property report, fought back on the day. 9. Furthermore, some members of the Democratic Party also revealed their real names, claiming that they had omitted their property.

Previously, Proportional Representative Cho, registered as a candidate during the April 15 general election, reported assets of 1.85 billion won (as of December 2019) to the Central Election Commission. However, according to the state of the civil servants’ property registry (as of the end of May 2020), which was revealed by the National Assembly on the 28th of last month, Congressman Cho’s fortune was 3 billion won. . There was a whopping 1.1 billion won difference in five months, sparking controversy over the “deliberate omission.” Rep. Cho clarified, “500 million won was borrowed money (bonds), and the remaining 600 million was severance pay and spouse deposits, but I left it out.”

Furthermore, the Democratic Party said, “Who would believe that 60% of the property was omitted?” (Spokesperson Heo Young commented on the 7th), “I want to borrow 500 million won from Representative Cho. You seem to lend it and forget it well ”(Representative Kim Yong-min on Facebook on the 7th) criticized and urged the prosecution to investigate.

Then on the same day, Representative Cho said on his Facebook page: “When comparing the public official’s property report with the ruling party’s general election notice, various problems are seen such as the omission of jeonsegwon, the non-presentation of Real estate reports and non-declaration of deposits and unlisted shares. ”

At the same time, there was talk of the Democratic Party Lee Gwang-jae, Kim Hong-geol, Lee Sang-jik, Kim Hoe-jae, Choi Ki-sang, Moon Jin-seok, Heo Young, Lee Su-jin (proportional), Yoon Mi-hyang, Open Democratic Party member Kim Jin-ae, and independent member Yang Jeong-suk.

Soo-jin Cho, Representative of the People’s Power [뉴스1]

According to the National Election Commission, etc., Representative Lee Kwang-jae marked his property with 1.06 billion won in the April general election, but at the end of May, in the property report of public officials, it was reported to the Election Commission of about 2.2 billion won, increasing by 1.2 billion won. These are the land, single-family houses and apartments in Gangwon and Chungcheong owned by Congressman Lee’s father. Congressman Lee said: “It was said that parents do not have to report their parents’ property during the general election, but after the election, there was a difference in the amount because they were asked to include it.”

Representative Moon Jin-seok also increased by 3.7 billion won, from 2.82 billion won (reporting general election) to 6.52 billion won (reporting ownership by public officials). Representative Moon explained, “There was a difference in the number of unlisted shares that were processed based on the value of the shares, which was adjusted to the valuation amount.” Moon’s unlisted shares are 75,010 S Company shares.

Also, in terms of the amount reported before and after the general election, Representative Kim Hoi-jae (3.33 billion won → 3.92 billion won) registered new apartment leases, and 590 million won, and Choi Gi-sang (1.1 billion won → 1.48 billion won). Leases for shopping centers and apartments increased by 380 million won. Representative Heo Young (about 580 million won → 1.11 billion won) reflected the increase in the price of her apartment in Nonhyeon-dong, and registered her mother’s single-family home, increasing by about 530 million won. .

In particular, in the power of the people, the proportional representative claimed that the matters for the presentation of property reports were not the chosen criteria, while the members of the local council argued that if the property report was written incorrectly in the electoral publication , it would be a false advertisement. Rep. Yoo Sang-beom, a former prosecutor, said on his Facebook page that “the standard for false disclosure under the Public Officials Elections Act is election postings, and if there are other candidates, so if the property details have changed after the general election, you can be punished for posting false facts. ” .

Democratic Party member Kim Hong-geol [연합뉴스]

On the other hand, among the proportional representatives of the Democratic Party, Representative Kim Hong-geol (from 5.8 billion won → 6.67 billion won) had the most fluctuations, even though he had to report four houses, including apartments and sales rights, but only three. According to Congressman Kim’s explanation, his wife Immo sold an apartment in Godeok-dong, Seoul in 2016 and sold it in February. The property report at the time of the general election on April 15 was from the end of December last year, so this right of sale is subject to report. Lim also reported that he owns half of the stake in Seoul’s Seodaemun-gu business district (263.80㎡), but it was actually found that the entire property had already been handed over. As a result, around 900 million won were lost.

Proportional representative Lee Soo-jin increased by 600 million won (560 million won → 1.19 billion won), which he said were “changes due to parental property registration.” Representative Yang Jeong-suk, who is currently independent, after being expelled from the party due to suspicions of the property growth process, has also increased his property by 1.7 billion won (9.2 billion won → 10.9 billion won). won). Both lawmakers cited rising property prices as the main reason.

Kim Jin-ae, a member of the Open Democratic Party, who said that the controversy over the omission of ownership by Cho Su-jin and Kim Hong-geol (Facebook on the 9th) also increased the reported amount of ownership by 270 million won. from 2.22 billion won to 2.49 billion won. The main reason was rising house prices, and Congressman Kim owns a total of four houses in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, including three multi-family houses and one single-family house in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon.

Reporters Yoon Jeong-min and Jung Jin-woo [email protected]