Yang Chi-seung, a fitness trainer for stars and a broadcaster, will appear as a witness at the National Assembly audit scheduled for next month.
On the 25th, the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee held a full meeting and voted to request the attendance of witnesses and reference persons, including Yang Chi-seung, for the audit.
The person who requested Yang Chi-seung's appearance as a reference was Democratic Party lawmaker Yeom Tae-young. The lawmaker's office stated to Maeil Business Star Today that “we requested Yang Chi-seung, who suffered as a tenant, to appear as a reference to hear about the cases of damage caused by rental fraud occurring in social infrastructure and the demands for countermeasures.”
Yang Chi-seung has expressed his intention to attend the National Assembly audit as a reference and plans to speak about the cases of damage and the demands for measures to the National Assembly during this audit of the Land Committee starting next month.
In 2018, Yang Chi-seung opened a gym in a commercial building located in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. However, the building was constructed under the condition of ‘donation and contribution’ and had to transfer management and operation rights to the Gangnam District Office after 20 years of free use.
Yang Chi-seung has stated that he was not informed of this fact at the time of the contract.
The Gangnam District Office notified rental companies of eviction after taking over the management and operation rights of the building, and Yang Chi-seung lost a lawsuit filed by the Gangnam District Office regarding the handover of the building, ultimately closing the gym after removing it from the building.
Yang Chi-seung previously expressed in interviews on YouTube that “both the district office and the landlord failed to fulfill their obligation to clearly specify and inform tenants about the expiration of the lease.”
In this process, Yang Chi-seung reported that he suffered losses amounting to 1.5 billion won due to unreturned deposits, rent, facility costs, and member refunds.
[Kim Mi-ji, Star Today Reporter]
