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Let's take a closer look at whether the police command responded properly on the day of the disaster.
First, it was confirmed that the chief of Yongsan Police Station at the time arrived at the scene only around 11 pm on Saturday night.
At that time, the chief was eating about a 20-minute walk from Itaewon, and the question remains as to why it took so long to arrive at the scene.
By Park Ha-jeong, staff reporter.
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On the afternoon of the day of the disaster, former Yongsan Police Chief Lee Im-jae watched the large-scale rally held in the Samgak area.
The rally ended around 8:30 in the evening, and former Chief Lee ate with his staff at a nearby restaurant.
At 8:53 pm, after 'Code 0' was issued to dispatch immediately to the 'press death' report, reports of similar dangers continued. .
It was 50 minutes later than the 10:15 pm time when the disaster occurred.
According to an internal report of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency obtained by SBS, the former chief Lee gave a 'wireless' instruction to respond with all available careers at 10:18 pm, and 2 minutes later ordered to control the vehicle to disperse the crowd. It is not known why the chief was not present.
If the road had been blocked by a car, I would have had to walk.
It took about 20 minutes to get to the scene of the accident.
Former chief Lee is known to have stated that he "walked to the scene of the accident because of a traffic jam" during the inspection, and even if it departed at 10:15 pm, the time of the accident, it is enough distance to arrive before 11 pm.
Even after arriving at the police box at 11:05, former Chief Lee made the first call to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Kim Kwang-ho at 11:34 pm last night for about 30 minutes.
It was 1 hour and 21 minutes after the disaster occurred.
An online community posted a picture of a person who looked like a police officer watching the situation from the rooftop of the Itaewon police box before and after the disaster.
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[Itaewon Police Box Employee: (Yongsan Police Chief) I remember going up to the roof and going back and forth.] The
Special Investigation Headquarters is checking the movement of former Chief Lee at the time based on inspection records and cell phone details.
(Video coverage: Hyung Yoon, Video editing: Seungjin Lee)
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