Park Hee-young, head of Yongsan-gu, Seoul, was arrested on charges of failing to properly take safety measures in connection with the Itaewon disaster.
An arrest warrant was also issued for Choi Won-joon, head of the Halloween festival safety measures department, safety and disaster department at Yongsan-gu Office. There is a risk of destroying evidence.”
Even though Mayor Park is the head of the agency with primary responsibility for disaster safety management, he is accused of not preparing safety management measures before the accident and failing to take appropriate measures after the disaster.
Manager Choi is also charged with dereliction of duty for failing to take safety measures before the accident, even though he is in charge of the department responsible for safety management in Yongsan-gu, and for failing to take necessary measures to deal with the situation after the disaster occurred.
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