There were a lot of illegal dumping waste, called'garbage mountain', piled up all over the country, but now it is said that over 1 million tons have been removed and only about 200,000 tons remain.
So, who put away all this illegal dumping waste?
It seems natural to get rid of those who deservedly commit speculation, but as we figured out the facts, it was said that the landlord, who only lent the land, which had nothing to do with speculation, had to bear all these processing costs.
I will visit this speculation site to find out the truth.
It is a place full of'illegal dumping' waste.
Construction waste is scattered, and you can see waste tires the size of a human body.
Only the height of the accumulated waste reaches 5m.
The party that dumped the waste here moved systematically.
After renting land here in 2016, we worked with a waste disposal and transport company to turn this place into a waste mountain.
It happened in just four months.
The landlord learned the truth and stopped dumping, but it was too late.
[Kim Hyeong-joo/Land owner: There is nowhere to block and the gangsters throw it away, so we blocked the driveway in front of us, so we could not throw it away.]
After the prosecution investigation, 13 people were punished for violating the Waste Management Act.
The problem is getting rid of huge amounts of garbage.
It is estimated that only 13,000 tons of waste is illegally dumped here.
When I looked at the processing cost, it was just over 3 billion won.
Illegal speculators say they are in jail or are incapable of handling them.
[Illegal speculation company official: Anyway, I would say that I would take a certain part, but I don't have the ability to do the whole (all waste)...
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Instead, the landowner incurred a processing cost of over 3 billion won.
This is because Paju City ordered the landlord to remove the waste.
[Kim Hyung-joo/Land owner: We found all the companies and caught them, but in the end, only the land owner, the victim, is responsible for the disposal now.
He told us he was going to file a criminal charge and take all his property...
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A waste management law was applied that could order disposal not only to the dumpers, but also the landowners.
[Kim Ji-hee/Attorney: I think that administrative measures should be restrained because it is strong to induce a little criminal activity, which induces a little bit of criminal activity, in which unauthorized speculators abandon the liability to the landowner if they abuse the provisions.]
Rapid garbage disposal is important, but unfair damage is caused. It is pointed out that the landlord must first consider whether he is involved in illegal activities and then take responsibility.
(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won and Ha Ryung, video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Um So-min, Park Dong-su)