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Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, who is being called for to resign, went to the site before the disaster, and has said that it was not so dangerous.
However, as our reporters checked the CCTV footage, it seems that Mayor Park, on his way home from the countryside, briefly walked in a place where there were not many people at the time.
This was covered by reporter Kim Ji-wook.
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Quinnon Street in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu.
A woman in a green overcoat walks through the crowd in Halloween makeup.
I am Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu.
It's a CCTV camera.
Mayor Park passed this place around 8:22 pm, and she went straight into the house.
At that time, Yongsan-gu said that Mayor Park went on a business trip to Uiryeong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, and arrived at Yongsan-gu Office at 8:20 pm and walked 'Itaewon Quinnon-gil'. .
It is difficult to see the situation in Itaewon, which is mainly crowded with people on this road.
Mayor Park said, 'I visited the site twice before the disaster on the night of the 29th and it didn't look so dangerous', but the suspicion is growing whether he said that the way home was a site visit.
On the day of the disaster, suspicions arose that the business trip to Uiryeong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do was for personal, not official.
[Yong Hye-in/Basic Income Party member: After sending congratulatory remarks to the opening ceremony and going to Uiryeong for housework, didn’t you say ‘Let’s see the governor’s face’ and have a tea time?] [
Park
Hee-young/Yongsan-gu Commissioner: Not true.]
was charged with negligent manslaughter, but the Yongsan-gu Office declined to answer, saying it was an investigation into the movement of Mayor Park on the day of the disaster.
(Video coverage: Lee Sang-hak, video editing: Lee Seung-jin)
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