Police Investigate LH Whistleblower Over 'If You Don't Like It, Quit' Mocking Post on Blind

The Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit of the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency conducted a search and seizure on the 9th at the LH headquarters in Jinju, Gyeongnam, the LH Gwacheon-Uiwang Project Headquarters, and the LH Gwangmyeong-Siheung Project Headquarters in connection with the investigation into allegations of land speculation by employees of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) in new towns. The photo shows the LH Gwacheon-Uiwang Project Headquarters on the day. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] LH, which reported the author of a mocking post on the anonymous workplace social networking service (SNS) 'Blind,' is undergoing a complainant investigation by the police.

According to the police on the 15th, the Gyeongnam Police Agency, investigating this case, summoned the deputy head of the department in charge, who was delegated related duties from the acting president of LH, the complainant in this case, for questioning starting at 1:30 PM.

LH filed a complaint with the Jinju Police Station the previous day against the author who posted anonymously on Blind, on charges of defamation, damage to credit, and insult. Considering the seriousness of the matter, the Gyeongnam Police Agency took over the case from Jinju Police Station and is directly investigating it through the Cyber Investigation Unit.

The author posted on the Blind anonymous board on the 9th under the title "They don't even care internally," making claims related to the LH speculation scandal such as, "I will diligently speculate under a borrowed name and enjoy my retirement benefits," and "This is our company's unique benefit and welfare," which sparked public outrage. Since Blind requires authentication through a company email account to join, the author of the post was presumed to be an LH employee.

On the other hand, LH explained that the author might be a former employee or someone who stole an account, and that the post does not reflect the internal atmosphere of the company at all. Furthermore, LH stated that if the author is indeed a current LH employee, they will immediately take disciplinary actions such as dismissal and pursue all possible measures including civil damage claims.

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