Oh Se-hoon "Let's Clear Up the Suspicion of Participating in Land Surveying in Naegok-dong"... Wife's Family Applies for Information Disclosure

"Land Inherited from In-Laws 40 Years Ago
Not Purchased by Acquiring Information Like LH"

People Power Party's Seoul mayoral candidate Oh Se-hoon appeals for support at a focused campaign rally held on the 28th at the East Gate Plaza of COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Photo by National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] On the 29th, Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party candidate for Seoul mayor, addressed allegations that he personally participated in the land surveying of Naegok-dong, stating, "We will file an information disclosure request with the Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation today," and added, "Once the documents are released, that will conclude the explanation."

On the same day, Oh appeared on YTN Radio's Hwang Bo-seon's Start Morning program and explained, "The reason for the surveying at that time was that there were people illegally cultivating my in-laws' land," adding, "We needed to remove those people, which is why the surveying was conducted."

He continued, "My in-laws have two sons and two daughters, and the eldest brother-in-law went to the site." He also said, "If any factual discrepancies arise from my explanations, it seems like an attempt to label me a liar," emphasizing, "This is not the essence of the issue."

According to Oh's campaign, at 9 a.m. that day, Oh's in-laws submitted an information disclosure request related to the surveying to the Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation.

Regarding the repeated allegations of land speculation in Naegok-dong, he reiterated, "The essence is that this land was inherited, not purchased with insider information like the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) speculation," emphasizing that it was designated as a public rental housing site before he became mayor.

He stated, "This land was designated as a public rental housing site and later as a Bogeumjari housing site. From around 2005 and 2006, before I became mayor, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport under the Roh Moo-hyun administration and the Seoul SH Corporation had already discussed and designated the area as a public rental housing site," explaining the situation. According to Oh, the Naegok-dong land he owned was inherited by his wife from her father-in-law, who passed away in the 1970s.

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