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The head of the Yongsan Police Station and the 112 situation manager who were in charge of the site at the time of the Itaewon disaster came to the National Assembly.

The two said they were unaware of the situation because they had not received a single report that day.

When asked why he was not in the 112 situation room when the accident occurred, the answer was that it was customary.



This is Reporter Eom Min-jae.



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Lee Im-jae, former chief of the Yongsan Police Station, arrived at the scene 50 minutes after the initial report while trying to move by official car at the time of the Itaewon disaster.



[Cho Eun-hee/People's Power Member: If you run, it's not even 5 minutes away, so why did you go around for an hour?]



[Lee Im-jae/Former Yongsan Police Station: I didn't know about that until then...

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He said that he was unaware of the situation because he had not received a single report.



[Lee Im-jae/Former Yongsan Police Station Chief: I asked the 112 Situation Chief about the current situation, and he replied, "There are a lot of people right now and the car is congested, but there is no special situation.



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[Kim Gyo-heung/Democratic Party member: Just because you didn't know doesn't mean you're exempt.

Why didn't the people who should know know, this is it.]



[Jang Je-won/Rep. People's Power: (At 10:15) The chief was in the car or wandering the streets.

How cowardly is the attitude he puts on his subordinate cops...

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Former Chief Lee explained that it was not to transfer responsibility, but to clarify the facts.



On the day of the disaster, it was confirmed that Mi-jin Ryu, former head of personnel education who worked as a situation manager at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, did not go to the 112 situation room at her place of work until she received an accident report.



[Lee Seong-man/Democratic Party member: So, did you just stay in the office without going down to the 112 situation room?]



[Ryu Mi-jin/Former Seoul Metropolitan Government Personnel Education Manager: I'm sorry.] The



reason I didn't go to the situation room was "custom", he replied.



[Jung Woo-taek/Rep. People's Power: You recognized the situation about 1 hour and 24 minutes after the accident



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In response to the continued questioning of the allegations, former chief Lee and former chief Ryu shed tears and repeatedly apologized, saying, "I'm sorry."



(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won · Kim Nam-seong, video editing: Kim Jin-won)



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