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Approximately KRW 1 billion unimposed without reason for exemption for 20 years
Controversy over preferential treatment of 60 million won in tax money for demolition
‘Failure to exercise right of indemnity’ pointed out as a reversal of legal rules
Hanam City was found to have failed to guide or crack down on the illegal badminton court that had been operating as a temporary building on city property for 20 years, raising suspicions (reported on page 6 of the December 5 issue) that it had not received rent or compensation amounting to tens of billions of won.
Illegal exclusive use of badminton court for 20 years… Suspicion of Hanam City turning a blind eye to crackdowns
Moreover, it has been confirmed that tens of millions of won in citizens’ taxes were invested in the demolition of the illegal temporary building, which is growing the controversy over preferential treatment.
According to Hanam City on the 10th, Changwoo Badminton Club has illegally built a club badminton court in the form of a temporary building on city-owned 520-2 (600.1㎡) Changwoo-dong and has been using it exclusively since 2003.
In relation to this, we inquired whether the city would charge or pay rent for the site or compensation equivalent to the rent, but the only response we received was ‘unconfirmed.’
Accordingly, it is expected that it will be difficult to avoid criticism that the city arbitrarily did not impose rent or compensation on Changwoo Club’s badminton court without any reason for rent exemption, such as use for public purposes. Considering that the rent for city-maintained land is usually 5% of the publicly announced land price, it is estimated that the rent (compensation) not received by the city over 20 years, from 26.7 million won in 2003 to 117 million won in 2022, will exceed 1 billion won.
In addition, it was confirmed that the city even proceeded with demolition work at a budget of over 60 million won in August of the same year because structural safety problems were identified in a detailed safety diagnosis of the club badminton court in early 2023. At the same time, it was found that the Changwoo Badminton Club, which exclusively used the badminton court, should have exercised its right to indemnification for demolition costs or not.
It is pointed out that not only is it an extremely rare case for the city to directly step forward and demolish an illegal building, but it also runs counter to the legal principle of holding illegal offenders responsible for restoration of their original condition, given that they have not even exercised their right to compensation.
In particular, there are criticisms that responsibility should be revealed for not only arbitrarily not collecting rent from a specific club, but also for using tax money to restore illegal activities.
An official from a badminton club said, “I don’t understand the fact that Hanam City only provided preferential treatment for certain sports due to the severe lack of sports facilities. It is a bitter feeling that the local government administration is paying attention to treatment that varies depending on the number of club members.”
In response to this, a city official responded, “The property management department has no records of rent collection,” and “We will check to see if the sports facility property management office has any records.”
Hanam/Reporter Moon Seong-ho moon23@kyeongin.com
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