Police and Anti-Corruption Commission Launch Preliminary Investigation into Yoon Hee-sook and Kim Eui-gyeom over Alleged Real Estate Speculation

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters has launched a preliminary investigation into allegations of real estate speculation involving 12 members of the People Power Party and 1 member of the Open Democratic Party, either themselves or their families, as raised by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

According to the police on the 27th, the National Investigation Headquarters received a request for investigation from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on the 23rd, and the day before, they received materials containing detailed investigation results. On the same day, the case was assigned to police departments across the country.

It is known that the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency was assigned 3 cases, Busan Police Agency 2 cases, and the Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi Bukbu, Sejong, Gangwon, Chungnam, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam Police Agencies were each assigned 1 case.

The case involving People Power Party lawmaker Yoon Hee-sook, who is suspected of land speculation in Sejong City related to her father, was assigned to the Sejong Police Agency. The case involving Open Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Eui-gyeom, who is suspected of purchasing commercial and residential properties in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, using confidential information while serving as the Blue House spokesperson, was assigned to the Seoul Police Agency.

A National Investigation Headquarters official stated, "We previously investigated 23 lawmakers, but the list of 13 lawmakers from the People Power Party and others was received from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. Among them, 3 are duplicates, so a total of 33 lawmakers are under investigation."

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