Assemblyman Sobyeongcheol Visits Seongnam Jeil Industrial Complex Neighborhood Park with Lee Jae-myung, Democratic Party Presidential Candidate

Candidate Lee Jae-myung: "The unprecedented large-scale public recovery case in Korean history must be recognized"
Renaming the existing TF as "Hwacheon Daeyu People Power Party Corruption TF" and emphasizing a proactive role going forward
Rep. So:

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Democratic Party lawmaker So Byung-chul (Jeonnam Suncheon·Gwangyang·Gokseong·Gurye (Gap), Judiciary Committee) made a surprise visit on the afternoon of the 29th to the construction site of Seongnam City’s 1st Industrial Complex Neighborhood Park with Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, to actively support the candidate.

The Seongnam 1st Neighborhood Industrial Complex is located in Sinheung-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam City, about 10 km away from Daejang-dong, so it is not included in the development project area. However, when Lee was mayor of Seongnam, he adopted a combined development method that required private developers to bear the park construction cost of 276.1 billion won.

It is known that the benefit of the 276.1 billion won park construction cost borne by the private developer was returned to the citizens of Seongnam.

Candidate Lee Jae-myung and Representative So listened to an on-site briefing from the site manager of the Seongnam 1st Neighborhood Industrial Complex urban planning facility, toured the project site, and confirmed the site conditions.

In a back briefing, candidate Lee said, “Visiting the site directly brings mixed emotions,” and emphasized, “Although there were some deviations by certain related parties during the public recovery process, which is very regrettable and I apologize, I want to say that the unprecedented large-scale public recovery case in the history of the Republic of Korea nationwide should be recognized in itself.”

Regarding reporters’ questions about the opposition party’s allegations related to Daejang-dong, candidate Lee stated, “Those people were trying to develop privately and divide 100% of the profits among private parties, so how can they criticize the person who stopped them?” and called it “brazen hypocrisy.”

On the previous day, Representative So, from the Hwacheon Daeyu Construction Corruption Truth-finding Task Force, emphasized, “The core of this Hwacheon Daeyu construction corruption case is that ‘the person who received illegal money is the culprit,’” and urged, “We call for not only the prosecution’s swift and thorough investigation but also responsible agencies such as the Fair Trade Commission, financial authorities, and the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation to thoroughly track illegal money flows and hidden assets and promptly disclose them to the public.”

This visit was arranged when the Lee Jae-myung presidential campaign directly requested Representative So Byung-chul, who serves as the senior deputy head of the Democratic Party’s Hwacheon Daeyu Construction Corruption Truth-finding Task Force, to jointly visit. Representative So, who was handling local schedules in Suncheon, Jeonnam, adjusted his schedule to join.

Candidate Lee announced that the TF will be renamed the “Hwacheon Daeyu People Power Party Corruption TF” and emphasized the TF’s aggressive role going forward.

Attendees included Lee Jae-myung, Democratic Party presidential candidate; Representative Kim Tae-nyeon; Kim Byung-wook, head of the Democratic Party TF; So Byung-chul, senior deputy head; Committee members Song Ki-heon, Kim Seung-won, Ahn Min-seok, Jin Sung-jun; and former campaign spokesperson Nam Young-hee.

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