Four people involved in the 'Gwangju disaster' were arrested... Capture the situation of subcontracting

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police, who are investigating the collapse of a building in Gwangju, which killed 17 people, arrested four people from a demolition company and banned them from leaving the country. The police also caught the situation in which the company in charge of the demolition initially subcontracted.

By Jung Joon-ho.

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Gwangju Police Agency has booked four people, including officials from a demolition company, on charges of negligence and negligence in relation to the collapse of a building in the redevelopment area.

Departure bans were also imposed on the four arrested persons.

[Bakjeongbo / Gwangju Police Investigations Department. The survey of 14 people, including immediately after the incident Corporation officials, witnesses, we booked four of part charges of the Corporation officials identified as suspects and banned departure measures -

police company in charge of the original demolition He explained that he also caught a situation where he subcontracted to another company.

It was confirmed that the manpower who was working on the site belonged to a company other than the one with which the contract was originally signed.

Under the current law, a contractor who has been subcontracted for construction work cannot subcontract.

Contrary to the demolition plan, he said that the part where the demolition proceeded from the lower floor rather than the upper floor of the building was currently under investigation.

Workers under investigation claim that they did not feel any abnormalities immediately before the accident, police explained.

Earlier, on the 10th, the day after the incident, the police conducted a joint investigation with the National Forensic Service and others.

In addition, five locations, including the construction company's field office and the demolition company's headquarters, were seized and searched.

The police plan to focus their investigation on whether the demolition plan and safety-related regulations are complied with.

In addition, we plan to look into whether administrative agencies have fulfilled their management duties during the licensing process for demolition works.