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Special edition, search and seizure by the National Fire Service… charges of writing false public documents

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On the 22nd, the National Civil Servants Union firefighting headquarters held a press conference in front of the Itaewon Accident Police Agency Special Investigation Headquarters to present signatures calling for the suspension of the firefighter-focused investigation. random news

The National Police Agency Special Investigation Headquarters (special version), which is investigating the poor response to the ‘Itaewon Halloween Disaster’, seized and searched the Fire Department. At the time of the disaster, the special issue captured the circumstances in which public documents were falsely written in relation to the operation of the ‘Central Emergency Rescue Management Group’ by the fire authorities and a mandatory investigation began.

On the afternoon of the 25th, 22 investigators were dispatched to the special issue to search and seize six locations, including the National Fire Agency’s general situation room 119 in the Sejong Government Complex, to secure business records related to the Itaewon disaster and the mobile phones those involved. The special issue investigates a fire department employee responsible for creating fake official documents and staging events.

The Central Emergency Rescue Management Group is a temporary organization set up by the National Fire Agency for emergency rescue in the event of a disaster. The special issue found that the organization was not actually operational on the day of the disaster. However, it is known that the official document prepared after the disaster was forged as if this organization was operating.

Earlier, on the 2nd and 8th, the special version seized and searched Seoul Fire and Disaster Headquarters and Yongsan Fire Station twice. This is the first time the fire department has been searched and seized.

The special issue also examines whether the National Fire Agency has properly co-ordinated the evacuation of firefighters from the city headquarters and the surrounding province, as the third phase of the disaster was announced on the day of the disaster .