Yong Hye-in Purchased Home on the Same Day She Criticized Government for Opening Doors to Speculation

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We continue our verification coverage of Yong Hye-in, nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family. Nominee Yong argued back in 2021 that the government needed to crack down on making a profit from real estate rather than working in the National Assembly. However, it was revealed that she purchased a property on that exact same day.

Reporter Jo Yoon-ha has the details.

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On April 20, 2021, when housing prices were surging, then-incumbent lawmaker and current nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, Yong Hye-in, took the floor at the National Assembly for an interpellation session.

Raising her voice, she stated, "The government and the ruling party are showing moves to ease holding taxes and loan regulations to appease public anger over real estate policy failures, which will wide open the doors to real estate speculation."

She then made the following remarks:

[Yong Hye-in / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family (April 2021): The solution to this problem must begin with curbing unearned real estate income, not by increasing the stakes for speculation.]

We examined the registry transcript of a multi-family housing unit in Sangnok-gu, Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, purchased by Nominee Yong that year.

The transaction date was April 20, which coincides with the day Nominee Yong delivered her interpellation speech.

Nominee Yong purchased the multi-family house for 245 million won and sold it for 20 million won more than the purchase price in less than a year.

Nominee Yong maintains that it was purchased for the purpose of actual residency, and she has been living in a rented home ever since.

Inquiries regarding whether she will resign from her proportional representation lawmaker position continued today (the 9th), but Nominee Yong remained silent.

[Yong Hye-in / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family: (Do you have any change in stance regarding holding concurrent positions?) Thank you for your hard work.]

Four years ago, Nominee Yong used the expression "clinging to the position" toward the then-Minister of Gender Equality and Family.

[Yong Hye-in / Nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family (October 2022): Madam Minister, you stated at the end that you would not answer the question about resignation that I asked earlier. I think it is quite pathetic to see you clinging to your position.]

The schedule for Nominee Yong's confirmation hearing has not yet been set.

(Video Editing: Lee Seung-jin, VJ: Shin So-young)
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