Suspicion of Corruption in Daejeon Doan District Development Project, 9 Including Public Officials Indicted

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Nine individuals, including public officials, have been collectively indicted on corruption allegations related to the Daejeon Doan District urban development project.

According to the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office on the 1st, the prosecution has arrested and indicted public official A from the Daejeon City Urban Regeneration Housing Headquarters and permit agency operator B.

The prosecution believes that A received bribes and entertainment from B in connection with the development project of Doan Phase 2 Special Planning Zone (tentatively named 2-6 District, Blocks 9, 30, 39) and, in return, provided project-related information to the agency. B is also charged with embezzling company funds to create slush funds, separate from the bribery and entertainment allegations.

In addition to these individuals, the prosecution has indicted five others without detention, including public officials and external urban planning committee members who allegedly received money and entertainment from the agency, and has summarily indicted two project operators who expressed intent to bribe public officials.

Earlier, the prosecution launched an investigation into corruption allegations in the Doan District urban development project, triggered by accusations from the Daejeon Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice (hereafter Gyeongsilryeon) and landowners.

At that time, Gyeongsilryeon raised suspicions in March last year regarding preferential treatment by the city during the approval process for the construction of multi-family housing in Doan 2-1 District, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, and reported the public officials involved in the project approval to the prosecution.

Additionally, landowners forcibly expropriated in the Doan District project (Landowners' Association) submitted a complaint with similar intent to Gyeongsilryeon to the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency in April last year.

The core issues of the allegations include the failure to comply with the 30% production greenbelt ratio limit stipulated in the Urban Development Act when designating Doan 2-1 District Block A as an urban development zone in February last year, and changing the district unit plan without the consent of the landowners.

Among these, the district unit plan change involved relocating the quasi-residential land, originally adjacent to the waterfront park, to a corner of the planned project site, allowing multi-family housing to be built in its place. This resulted in an increase in multi-family housing land and a decrease in quasi-residential land.

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