"People Live but Are Invisible"... Mass Prosecution Referral for Falsified Residency in Busan Haunted Apartment Experience

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] "People live here, but they are not visible."

It has been revealed that there were actually ghost(?) households in an old apartment that was popular for "haunted house experiences" because no one lived there. The police announced on the 16th that 23 heads of households who had engaged in false address registration at Yeongseon Apartment in Yeongdo-gu, Busan, were exposed due to the "haunted house experience" commotion. They were sent to the prosecution on charges of violating the Resident Registration Act (false address registration).

This apartment, built 53 years ago, had become a place for YouTubers and young people to test their courage, and despite having only one actual resident, the number of false households aiming for capital gains increased, leading to its reputation as a "ghost apartment."

As it gained fame as a haunted house experience location, the police strengthened management, and speculative forces who had addresses there without actually living in the apartment were caught. The Yeongdo Police Station is expanding investigations into speculation, including false address registrations, after identifying signs of purchases by outsiders in the old apartment. The police stated that they investigated the false address registration case at Yeongseon Apartment and handed it over to the prosecution on the 13th.

According to the police, Yeongseon Apartment is included in the Yeongdo 5 redevelopment zone, and land prices rose after the redevelopment association was approved.

Busan Yeongdo Police Station.

After Yeongdo-gu was designated as a real estate adjustment area in December last year and regulations prohibiting housing mortgage loans for non-residential purposes were implemented, 32 people who had bought apartments over the past 10 years without actually living there, aiming for capital gains, decorated the exterior and interior to make it look like they were actually residing.

The police confirmed through a full survey of all 240 households and joint on-site inspections with local governments that 32 households had engaged in false address registration. Nine households were identified as ghost households before 2017, and 23 households around 2020.

Among them, 23 people admitted to the charges and were sent to the prosecution, eight were not booked due to the statute of limitations, and only one was found to be an actual resident.

The police plan to have all those sent to the prosecution voluntarily change their addresses, and for those who refuse, they will proceed with forced deletion.

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