청 "Difficult to Confirm Nominee Transactions... Special Investigation Unit Reviewing Deals"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The Blue House announced that there were no suspicious speculative transactions in the second investigation targeting administrative officers and below, following the first investigation targeting vice-minister level officials and above. However, it was revealed that both the first and second investigations did not include an inquiry into nominee transactions.

A key Blue House official told reporters on the 19th, "It is true that nominee transactions are difficult to confirm during the investigation stage," adding, "We only investigated employees and their families."

The official said, "(Nominee transactions) will be uncovered during the prosecution stage," and added, "I understand that the Government Joint Special Investigation Headquarters is diligently examining many transactions, including nominee transactions."

On the same day, Jeong Man-ho, the Blue House Communication Secretary, announced that after investigating land transactions involving employees at the administrative officer level and below, as well as their spouses and immediate family members, there were no transactions using official positions or information. However, although these were not speculative transactions, three suspicious cases were identified and will be forwarded to the Government Joint Special Investigation Headquarters.

Separately, in the investigation of Blue House Security Office staff, one case was uncovered where an employee, together with a family member working at LH, invested in land near the 3rd New Town (Gwangmyeong), and the employee is currently on standby suspension.

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