[Editorial] Who Are 130 People Who Received Privilege in Casting of Lots?

Petition that Mr. Kim Eun- Sung under arrest submitted to the second hearing of justice can be truth as he was in-charge of domestic information in National Intelligence Service.

Regardless of the intention why Mr. Kim, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment in the first hearing, revealed such sensitive matter this time, suspicion of privileged lotting-out of apartment Parkview, located in Jeong-Ja, Back-gung, Bunddang-gu, Seongnam city, Gyeong-gi should be clarified at any cost.

General allotting of apartments is regulated as detail procedure in law, like entrance examination of University, in order to prevent wrangling with regard to privileged lots.

However, although it is the same apartment, the apartment for the residence as well as commercial can be contracted by the owner and be allotted in the order of receipt.

Subscription rate of Apartment Parkview surpassed 100: 1.

Government officials received privilege through back door by taking advantage of a blind point of law.

H-One development, which constructed this apartment, bought commercial area from land Corporation in May1999 and received permission for alteration of use from Seongnam city as multipurpose area for residence and commercial.

As construction firm bought land and received alteration of use, which Posco made contract for buying and then terminated judging that it would be difficult to alter its use, the suspicion that the power might be involved is raised.

If conductor casted privilege lots to high ranking officials, it is natural to raise suspicion that it wanted to use them as shield of unfair business.

According to the purpose of ethics law of officials that is obligated registration and disclosing of official`s property, name of 130 people who are high ranking official lawyers, executives of NIS, who received privileged lots of the apartment as well as source of money should be disclosed.

It should be investigated whether they just cancelled contract or whether they handed over the right of lots, receiving money from the third person.

While tracking this name list, puzzle regarding altreation of use of Jeong-ja district in Beak-gung can be easily solved out.

If NIS noticed people concerned advising cancellation of contract, such record must be somewhere.

Regulation of providing apartments that is for residence as well as for commercial, which can cause argument of privileged lots, should be revised soon, too.