Jengsu Scandal

The 2012 Jengsu Political Scandal was a major political and economic scandal in Hwangchu involving the Lord Gwak Il of Jiwae, a member of the House of Lords, a number of notable Deputies and local officials and Osorra International Trade Market. Osorra International Trade Market had sporadic discussions with Hwangchu officials for years over the construction of a massive LNG terminal. Finally in 2009 they received the credit needed, along with cooperation from a major energy company - Baesang Energy Combine. Osorra International Trade Market set up a shell company known as Jengsu Development Ltd., slowing buying out much of the town's real estate and politics. When several whistleblowers were about to reveal the extent of the company's influence and the environmental impacts of the project, they were murdered. Afterwards, Osorrai triad groups threatened and spied on many community activists and was effectively terrorized the town. Lord Gwak Il and the Energy Minister at the time prevented any investigations into what was occurring.

Widespread coverage of this scandal occurred in early June 2012 when an Osorrai blogger under the pseudonym CondorFire brought the real story of the murders to light. As a result of this scandal, the Lord Gwak Il was placed under heavy scrutiny with an investigation starting on 8th October. The Lord Gwak Il eventually had his peerage revoked by an act of parliament, the previous Prime Minister Seonu Chung-Ae, came under heavy scrutiny for her failure to moderate the corruption during her government which would eventually lead to her later arrest after the discovery of further corruption scandals relating to the Jeongsa Corporation and their corruption in obtaining military contracts. The new government set up a special prosecution team led by Yeo Myung-Dae which began investigating into the incident in August 2012 which would eventually lead to the arrest of 6 Deputies and a number of local officials as well as the nationalisation of the liquified natural gas industry for 5 years. The Baesang Energy Combine was broken up and sold to numerous bidders - including Mehmet New Energy Resources. In Osorra news of the incident was mostly suppressed, and while several executives were arrested, these arrests were more seen as interfactional court politics. Lord Gwak Il was given asylum in Osorra as a "victim of Communism".

Gwak Il
The Lord Gwak Il of Jiwae was a member of the House of Lords. He had previously been a Deputy since the beginning of the government in 1984, Gwak Il had served as a Captain in the Hwangji Marine Division and was personal friends with Prime Minister Tan Il-Shik and had previously served in his Division staff. Gwak Il had been elected to Parliament having left the military to pursue a political career as a member of Tan's Iron Front party. He became the elected Deputy of Ohyan and served in Tan's government as first Minister of Defence against Selengeria in which he organised the expedniture and the government oversight for Military deployments against Selengeria. He was re-elected 3 times, becoming the Minister of Defence in 1998 following the exit of Jwa Whan in which he oversaw the the large expansion of the Navy during the late 90s and early 2000s. Notably, he was also the Defence minister incumbent during the Daeiksu incident. He left as the longest serving Minister of Defence, having served in the position for 6 years.

He later became a peer, becoming the Lord Gwak Il of Jiwae in 2008 after serving in parliament for 24 years. However, Gwak Il also became a controversial figure in 2006 when reports surfaced that he had a hand in the contract for the Ohsan-Class Air Defence Frigate being given to Daewhan Heavy Industries. Gwak Il had been implicated to recieved bribes in order to influence the selection committee to select the Daewhan vessel for the replacement of the Puljang-Class Frigates which would lead to the Ohsan-Class Air Defence Frigate. Gwak Il was also alledged to have been involved in a number of sexual scandals including having reportingly number of affairs with his secretaries, maids and even the (at the time) Crown Princess within his home without the knowledge of his wife prior to her death in 2009, many also speculated he had either orchestrated her death due to the seemingly lack of care he showed to her upon her death. Gwak Il had also been indicted on fraud charges for missing funds during his time as Minister of Defence as well as breaking censorship laws by bribing papers to paint him in a favourable picture. Notably, in 2006, there was a report that he was heavily involved in the underground Hwangji gambling scene and had racked up severe debts as a result of gambling.