▲ Seung-Ryeol Choi, Director of Investigation Bureau, National Investigation Headquarters
The police and prosecutors announced today (11th) that they will actively cooperate in the investigation of allegations of speculation in the 3rd new town by employees of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH).
The National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters (Guksubon) and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office completed the'Real Estate Speculation Investigation Agency Council' at the Seoul Government Complex this morning, and through a joint press release, "Not only the hotline between the two agencies, but also a high-level and working level council between the prosecutors' office and the Metropolitan Police Agency. We will build and cooperate closely from the initial investigation stage,” he emphasized.
The police are in charge of the investigation of allegations of speculation in the 3rd new city.
The'Government Joint Special Investigation Headquarters', consisting of 770 people including the Noodles Edition, Metropolitan Police Agency, National Tax Service, Financial Services Commission, and Korea Real Estate Agency, decided to investigate ▲ illegal use of internal information ▲ real estate speculation ▲ real estate market disruption. .
Some have pointed out that the prosecution, who has extensive experience in real estate investigations, should investigate this case, but the opinion that the suspicions raised so far are not included in the six crimes that can be directly investigated by the prosecutors was strengthened.
The prosecution decided to review related legal principles, focusing on prosecutors with experience in real estate speculation crime investigations and prosecution, and to share the investigation methods and matters with the police.
The prosecutor said, "We will appoint a prosecutor in charge of real estate speculation instructors to expedite the warrant, review the law, and handle the Songchi case quickly and strictly." I did.
The two agencies decided to thoroughly track the flow of money related to real estate speculation and quickly recover the proceeds of the crime, even before prosecution.
The meeting was attended by Choi Seung-ryul, head of the Noodle-Bone Investigation Bureau and Lee Jong-geun, head of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
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