[Farmers' Union Newspaper=Reporter Lee Moon-ye] The National Federation of Farmers' Associations (hereinafter referred to as the National Federation of Farmers) urged the government to severely punish the key person responsible for the Homeplus incident and to establish measures to fundamentally block private equity funds from managing companies. The chairman of MBK, the largest shareholder of Homeplus, Kim Byeong-ju, testified as a witness at the Fair Trade Commission's National Policy Inspection of the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee on the 14th, stating, "I did not directly participate in the operation of Homeplus." Eight months have passed since Homeplus entered the corporate rehabilitation process, and numerous workers and store owners have suffered considerable damage. Despite being the de facto decision-maker of MBK, he completely denied his responsibility.