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Prosecutors have launched a large-scale search and seizure of the Wirye new town development project in 2013.

It's like a miniature version of Daejang-dong, but the prosecution believes that internal secrets were leaked and bribes were given, especially during the selection process.



Correspondent Ahn Hee-jae.



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In November 2013, Wirye New Town was developed to supply 1,100 households to Sujeong-gu, Seongnam.



As the first project since the launch of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, the construction company and the developer earned 30 billion won in development profits.



It was called a miniature version of the Daejang-dong project due to the fact that a special-purpose corporation established by the Seongnam Urban Development Corporation as a public-private joint development was in charge of implementation, and the selection was made just one day after the closing date of the competition.



The characters also overlap with the Daejang-dong incident.



The person in charge was Dong-gyu Yoo, the head of Seongnam Urban Development Corporation, and the family of lawyer Nam Wook and accountant Jeong Young-hak were named as 'Wirye Asset Management', which is one of Hwacheon's greatest achievements, or as executives of affiliated companies.



The prosecution, which was investigating the Daejang-dong case again, expanded the scope of the investigation with the development of the Wirye new town and started a full-scale forced investigation.



At the same time, they seized and searched about 20 places, including the headquarters of Hoban Construction, which was in charge of the construction of the Wirye project, and a sales agency.



The search and seizure locations also included the detention center where Kim Man-bae, lawyer Nam, and former general manager Yoo are imprisoned.



Prosecutors believe that bribes were exchanged between them at the time in exchange for selecting a business operator.



In particular, during the selection process, we caught the circumstance that internal secrets of Seongnam City and the corporation were leaked to the outside, and allegations of violating the Anti-Corruption Act were listed in the warrant.



As both the Wirye and Daejang-dong development projects were carried out when the Democratic Party president Lee Jae-myung was the mayor of Seongnam, there are also cautious observations that the investigation could be directed toward Lee.