"Itaewon accident" former Yongsan chief arrest warrant rejected ... Police officer detained = Korea

Lee Im-jae (53), former chief of Yongsan Police, who is suspected of sloppy handling of the Itaewon accident in South Korea and deletion of information reports, is accused of sloppy handling An arrest warrant for Song Byeong-ju (51), former 112 situation office chief, has been denied. Park Sun-min (55), a former Seoul police officer who was involved in the alleged deletion of the Halloween danger analysis report, has been detained.

On December 5th, the Seoul Western District Court's full-time judge said, "With only the materials submitted at this stage, it is difficult to recognize the appropriateness of the restraint due to the destruction of evidence and the fear of escaping," regarding Lee former, who is accused of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, dismissed the arrest warrant, saying, "It is necessary to guarantee the suspect's sufficient right to defend himself."

The former chief did not take any action in response to reports that more personnel should be deployed to Itaewon during Halloween, did not take appropriate relief measures even after recognizing the accident, and did not increase the number of casualties. was suspected of causing death through professional negligence.

On the day of the accident, Son was charged with failing to take appropriate safety measures before and after the accident, such as pushing the crowd of people on the roadway back onto the sidewalk despite being notified of the danger of being crushed to death (professional negligence resulting in death) and an arrest warrant was requested. The warrant for Son was also rejected on the grounds that it was difficult to recognize the grounds for his detention based on the materials alone.