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is known that the prosecution, which is investigating the suspicion of preferential treatment in Daejang-dong, will summon Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daewoo, early next week. Prosecutors also seized and searched Seongnam Urban Development Corporation in order to investigate how the provision for the recovery of excess profits from private businesses was omitted.
Reporter Park Chan-beom reports.
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is known that the investigation team in charge of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has notified Kim Man-bae, the major shareholder of Hwacheon Daeyu, to appear next Monday.
Kim, who is summoned as a suspect, is suspected of delivering 500 million won in exchange for receiving benefits from Yoo Dong-gyu, former head of the planning division of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, when the Daejang-dong development project was being pursued.
Prosecutors also plan to check various lobbying circumstances against Kim in the transcript submitted by accountant Jeong Young-hak, owner of Cheonhwa-dongin No. 5.
The reason why the project was designed so that Hwacheon Daeyu, a private operator, could take huge profits is also a key investigation target.
The prosecution summoned Lee Mo, the head of Hana Bank, who formed a consortium with Hwacheon Daeyu during the Daejang-dong development project, yesterday (7th) to investigate.
Prosecutors focused on why the profit-sharing structure was designed to pay more dividends to Hwacheon Daewoo than to financial institutions such as Hana Bank.
The allegation that Hana Bank received an additional 10 billion won in addition to the contracted fee is also subject to investigation.
The Seongnam Urban Development Corporation server room was also seized and searched yesterday.
Prosecutors are known to have secured records of emails and messengers exchanged by employees during the implementation of the Daejang-dong development project in 2015.
At that time, after Hwacheon Daewoo was selected as the operator, there was an opinion inside Seongnam Urban Development Corporation that a provision to recover excess profits from private operators was necessary.