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Three of the candidates for the State Council members who were waiting for the National Assembly's personnel hearings were confirmed as not paying taxes on time. In particular, candidate Noh Hyeong-woo of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport has raised suspicion not only of such tax issues, but also of family members' impersonation.



Reporter Baekwoon covered it.



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Im Hye-suk, the Minister of Science, ICT, and ICT minister candidate, paid a total income tax of 1.57 million won for the fiscal year 2015 and 2018 only on the 8th, just before the nomination.



Candidate Lim said, "I was belatedly aware of the omission of other income such as lectures that are subject to voluntary reporting."



On the 26th of last month, candidate Noh Hyeong-wook of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport also paid a total income tax of 3.93 million won for the year attributable to 2016 and 2017.



Both of them paid taxes only after they were verified as candidates for the minister.



Candidate Seung-wook Moon, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, also paid a total income tax of 4.29 million won for fiscal 2015 and 2017 at the end of last year.



Candidate Roh and Candidate Moon clarified that "while doing the year-end settlement, I wrongly uploaded family members who are not subject to personal deduction as deductions, but I was belatedly aware that the tax authorities imposed this as a comprehensive income tax."



Suspicions have also been raised regarding the candidate Roh who will oversee the housing policy.



In January 2001, just before the second son of Candidate Roh entered elementary school, only his wife and son moved their address to Bangbae-dong, Seoul, and returned to Sadang-dong house in three months.



In 2003, when the eldest son was in the fifth grade of elementary school, only his wife and two sons moved their address to the house of his brother-in-law in Banpo-dong, and two years later, the address was merged into a house in Banpo-dong.



In response to suspicion that he had been transferred under the guise of going on to school, he admitted that he was relocating to an inappropriate address.



At the same time, before leaving for education abroad, the younger son wanted to stay with his best friend for two months, so he moved his address to Bangbae-dong.After returning from abroad, his old Sadang-dong house was not sold, so he claimed that only other family members moved to Banpo-dong first.



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi·Jung Sang-bo, video editing: Park Jeong-sam, CG: Jo Soo-in·Kim Jeong-eun)