As controversy swirls around actor Ha Young's great-grandfather's pro-Japanese past, Korea's Investigative Commission on Pro-Japanese Collaborators' Property will restart operations this December after a 16-year hiatus — raising the question of whether her family's assets could be among those examined and seized. The commission's reactivation follows the scheduled enforcement of the Special Act on Asset Confiscation for Pro-Japanese and Anti-National Collaborators to the State on Dec. 3. The law targets wealth and property illegally amassed through cooperation with Japan during the 1910-1945 occupation of Korea. “It is unclear how much property this second commission will be able to recover,” said Lee Jun-sik, former head of the Independence Hall of Korea. “The controversy surrounding Ha Young is no different. Once the commission launches, it will discuss and decide the matter there. For now, we cannot know how it will turn out.” Lee said recovering assets is difficult because most of the property collaborators once owned has already passed to third parties. “Take farmland, f