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Following the prime minister yesterday (11th), today the deputy prime minister of the economy repeatedly emphasized real estate crime and war.

Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki said that in the future, he will not even attempt to speculate, and that he will not only find out and punish those who speculate, but also recover unfair profits beyond what he has taken.

In addition, LH employees were asked to investigate whether there were any problems in the process of obtaining loans to buy land in the new city.

This is because the circumstances are coming out one by one.



Reporter Kim Jung-woo reported this.



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2,600m2 of land in Maehwa-dong, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, is in contact with six round-trip lanes.



It is right next to the planned site of Gwangmyeong and Siheung new towns announced last month. Four people, including LH employee Kang Mo, who are suspected of speculating in various places in Gwangmyeong and Siheung, made a joint purchase last January for 1.6 billion won.



One out of three people who bought the land with Mr. Kang was confirmed as Mr. Im Mo, a non-executive auditor of the Gwacheon Nonghyup.



[Siheung City Residents: I came and went from Gwacheon Nonghyup.

Before buying and selling at the Agricultural Cooperatives, they came and went to investigate whether they were going to give them a loan.]



All four people who bought the land received more than half of the total land price from Gwacheon Nonghyup, where Mr. Lim is a thank-you.



Since the nonghyup branch, which is a 1-minute walk away, was used 30 minutes by car, suspicion may arise in the lending process, but the Nonghyup denied its relevance.



[Nonghyup official: Non-executive auditors only come about twice a year, and I am a person who is given an unpaid honorary position.

(Loan) There is no big problem.]



LH employees' purchase of land in Gwangmyeong and Siheung was also possible because the North Siheung Nonghyup allowed a large loan.



In the case of North Siheung Nonghyup, the total loan amount, which was less than 540 billion won by 2017, has soared to 755 billion won last year.



In particular, due to the fact that the amount of loans increased significantly in 2019 and last year, there are even suspicions that there was an unfair collusion related to speculation.



The Financial Supervisory Service is scheduled to investigate whether there was any problem with the lending process in alleged speculation cases in accordance with Deputy Prime Minister Hong's instructions.



(Video editing: Commissioner Yang, VJ: Jung Min-gu)