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The National Police Agency’s Special Investigation Headquarters, which is investigating the poor response to the October 29 disaster, has named former Yongsan Police Station Chief Lee Im-jae and Yongsan Chief Fire Officer Choi Seong-beom as suspects. and they investigate.
Former chief Lee appeared at the Mapo Investigation Office of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency around 8:45 am today and apologized, saying, “Once again, as the police chief, I am sorry.”
In addition, when asked why he arrived at the scene of the disaster late and asked to send the riot police, he replied, “I will participate diligently in the investigation on the details” and “I will tell you the truth about what I know it” and went into the investigation room.
The special issue is expected to investigate what caused the late arrival at the scene of the accident and the delay in reporting to the police command against the former chief, and how he prepared for Halloween, such as asking for deploy riot police.
Yongsan Fire Chief Choi Seong-beom also arrived around 9:40 am and replied, “I will respond to the investigation first,” to questions from reporters asking why the second phase of the response was delayed and their position on the first summons investigation.
Chief Choi is suspected of increasing the number of people lost by failing to mobilize despite the police’s request for a joint response immediately before the disaster and not responding appropriately immediately upon after the disaster.
The special issue intends to conduct an intensive investigation into the reason why the second phase of the response was not immediately announced and delayed even though dozens of people were already receiving CPR on the day of the disaster against Chief Choi.
In addition, based on the document ‘Halloween 2022 Fire Safety Measures’ prepared by Yongsan Fire Station before Halloween, we intend to check whether the safety shifts were in compliance with the workplace.
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