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Baekhyeon-dong, Seongnam-si, is the place where allegations of preferential treatment were raised along with Daejang-dong. It is said that it is not a preference that Seongnam City raised the use of the site where the Food Research Institute was located by four levels. Candidate Jae-myung Lee repeatedly countered that it was because of the pressure from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport at the time.



Reporter Lee Hyun-young will tell you about this.



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This is an official letter sent to Seongnam by the Korea Food Research Institute in Baekhyeon-dong, Seongnam-si in April 2014.



This is a request to increase the use of the site from green land to type 2 general residential area by two steps so that the site can be sold well ahead of the relocation of the research institute.



However, in August of the same year, Seongnam City refused, saying, "It does not fit the urban master plan."



However, in January 2015, Seongnam City's revised urban management plan decision contained the content of changing the use of the site to a quasi-residential area for the smooth sale of the site.



Seongnam City, which refused to upgrade by two stages, made a plan to raise it by four stages.



Immediately after that, the Food Research Institute sent an official letter requesting the upgrade of the 'quasi-residential area' to Seongnam City with this amendment attached separately, and three months later, the then Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung approved the upgrade to the fourth level.



An official who was in charge of the site sale at the Food Research Institute at the time told SBS reporter, "The developer who led the site development discussed the change of use with Seongnam City."The researcher only delivered official documents," he said.



[Song Seok-Jun / People's Power Rep.: Seongnam City gave 'quasi-residential preference'.

It was as if the Food Research Institute was mobilized as a bridesmaid here.]



Lee Jae-myung's camp explained, "It was difficult to sell the site as a type 2 general residential area, and there was pressure from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport at the time."



[Song Pyung-soo / Attorney (former spokesman for the Lee Jae-myung camp): Change the use at the presidential banquet and sell it...

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It seems to have been changed to a quasi-residential area to increase the investment potential of private buyers.]



Seongnam City Councilors affiliated with People's Power decided to conduct an administrative investigation at the city council level.



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-gi·Jang Sang-bo, video editing: Park Jin-hoon)