Three senior prosecutors ranked first through third in assets among 92 newly disclosed senior public officials this year.
According to the Government Public Officials Ethics Committee’s ad hoc asset disclosure released on the 23rd, Jeonju District Prosecutors Office Chief Lee Jeong-ryeol reported the largest total, 8.773 billion won, among incumbents newly subject to disclosure due to status changes in January and February.
Lee reported 4.46 billion won in land owned by him and his spouse, 2.331 billion won in buildings including an apartment and an officetel in Seoul’s Seocho District, and 2.007 billion won in deposits.
Daegu High Prosecutors Office Deputy Chief Prosecutor Cho Ara, a prosecutor general-level official, ranked second with 7.095 billion won.
Cho reported 2.033 billion won in real estate including an apartment jointly owned with her spouse, 4.479 billion won in deposits, and 508 million won in stocks.
Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Director of Trial and Litigation Ahn Seong-hui, also a prosecutor general-level official, ranked third with 6.642 billion won.
Ahn reported 4.895 billion won in real estate, including a factory and an apartment owned by his spouse, and 2.405 billion won in private loans receivable.
Other disclosures included 5.002 billion won reported by Jang Hye-young, director of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office’s Scientific Investigation Division, and 1.648 billion won reported by Jeong Gwang-su, deputy chief prosecutor at the Daejeon High Prosecutors Office.
Separately, Hong Ik-pyo, senior presidential secretary for political affairs at Cheong Wa Dae, reported total assets of 6.07835 billion won, including about 3.3 billion won in unlisted shares held in his spouse’s name. Hong’s assets were disclosed for the first time after his appointment in January.
Much of Hong’s reported wealth was in securities, including 3.32251 billion won in unlisted shares of an interior design company run by his spouse and 752.93 million won in family-held deposits. He jointly owns an apartment in Seoul’s Seongdong District valued at 985 million won with his spouse. The total value of building-related rights, including a jeonse deposit right for an apartment in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, and jeonse deposit rights for an officetel and an apartment in Seoul’s Seocho District, was reported at 2.9305 billion won.
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