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Gwarim-dong, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do and Noonsa-dong, Gwangmyeong-si, where the sixth third new city is being built▶ Click here to enlarge the view
Ten employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) were allegedly excluded from the job because they were suspected of having bought land for speculation in the region prior to designation as a new city in Gwangmyeong and Siheung, Gyeonggi province.
Suspicion that employees of LH, a public institution in charge of securing new housing sites and compensating severance payments, conspired and began to speculate, casts a pointed look, saying: “ I left the fish to the cat. ”
While the Prime Minister even ordered a thorough investigation, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport immediately launched a comprehensive investigation in Gwangmyeong Siheung District, raising the possibility of further revealing the speculative situation.
The Lawyers Association for Participation, Solidarity and Democratic Society (Minbyun) held a press conference on the 2nd, and 10 LH staff members announced 23,000 square meters (about 7,000 pyeong) of land in the new towns of Gwangmyeong and Siheung, which were announced as new public housing. websites last month. It was suspected that it had been purchased prior to designation.
Participation Solidarity and Minbyun analyzed the land ledger in the region after receiving a report and found that 14 LH employees in the metropolitan area and their spouses and families purchased 10 parcels for around 10 billion won from April 2018 through June 2020. was identified.
‘Suspicion of landfill by LH Corporation staff and location revealed’▶ Click here to enlarge the view
Immediately after the announcement, LH said that 12 of the 14 employees were identified as current employees and 2 were former employees, and that 12 of them were immediately excluded from work.
Most of the former and current employees suspected of speculation are known to belong to LH’s regional headquarters in Seoul and Gyeonggi. Some of them are reported to belong to the department in charge of land compensation for new residential land.
The land they bought is farmland distributed around the new areas designated by the city, and when they enter the development, they can receive compensation for accommodation or compensation for the land (a method of paying for the land instead of cash) .
Of the 10 billion won in land purchases, it is estimated that around 5.8 billion won was obtained through loans to financial institutions.
In many circumstances, Minbyun et al. They argue that there is a suspicion that LH employees, who are good in the business of development information and land compensation, have borrowed a considerable amount from financial institutions and bought a lot of land in areas with high potential for new homes. development of the city for speculative purposes.
“If you look at LH’s internal compensation regulations, shareholders who have 1,000 square meters are subject to the large land compensation standard. Some parcels were ‘chipped’ as soon as they died, but (shareholders) were compensated by giving them more of 1,000 square meters. “There are circumstances in which it seems that you know the way and act.”
On the farmland they bought, the situation was also seen when a large-scale tree planting took place immediately after the designation of a new city. This is a part that is suspected to be carefully planned to increase the amount of compensation.
LH Jinju Headquarters Office BuildingSolidarity Participation · Minbyun emphasized that the suspicion raised on this day could be the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
If the suspicion of investigating some randomly selected parcels after receiving a report is so great, he said there is a possibility that there is a possibility of a greater scale of speculation and moral hazard, and that he will request a public interest audit from the auditor.
Some argue that the subject of all speculation allegations should not be limited to the new cities of Gwangmyeong and Siheung, but should be extended to the six and third new cities.
In addition, the responsibility of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Byun Chang-heum, is also being raised.
The time when Minister Byun served as president of LH (April 2019 to December 2020) coincided with the period when alleged speculators bought the land, and they were responsible for managing and overseeing it.
The day before, when news broke that Minister Byeon brought up allegations of anticipatory speculation by LH executives and employees at a New Year’s meeting with the heads of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the real estate cafes of Internet were criticized for the “fluency method of escape”.
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