<Anchor> The
police summons and investigates the key suspect, an LH employee, 17 days after civic groups raised allegations of speculation.
In addition, Sejong City Hall is seized and searched for allegations of speculation in the planned area of the Sejong National Industrial Complex.
This is reporter Jo Yoon-ha.
<Reporter> A man
wearing a hat and a mask enters as if running away from the reporters.
[Mr. A/LH employee: (Did you use internal information? Why did you buy so much land? When and how did you get the information on the 3rd new city?)…
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.] The
Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency, which is investigating the'LH speculation suspicion', is calling an LH employee A, the key suspect in the incident today (19th), and is investigating it.
This is the first time that the suspect has been summoned since the investigation began.
Mr. A bought the most land in Gwangmyeong and Siheung, Gyeonggi Province, where the 3rd new city will be built, among the 15 former and current LH employees on the investigation line.
It covers 10,000 square meters in 7 parcels.
The police are planning to focus on investigating whether the planned development site was purchased using the confidentiality it learned from A.
In addition, if the allegations are confirmed, we are considering whether the anti-corruption law can be applied to Mr. A first.
Compulsory investigations are also underway regarding allegations of speculation in the Sejong National Industrial Complex planned area.
The Sejong Police Agency's wide-area investigation unit is seizing and searching four departments, including the Land Information Division, Sejong City Hall.
This is to secure data related to Sejong Smart National Industrial Complex selection and computer hard disks.
Separately, the Chungnam Police Agency is also seeking information about speculation from public officials and seizure of Sejong City Hall.
So far, in Sejong, three city officials and four civilians have been arrested as suspects of speculation.