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Lee Im-jae, former head of the Yongsan Police Station, who was in charge of the scene at the time of the Itaewon disaster, said that he was aware of the situation around 11:00 pm on the same day, that is, after the disaster.

However, the prosecution concluded that former Chief Lee had already been listening to the radio that there was a danger of an accident from 8:30 pm, two and a half hours before the disaster.



This is Reporter Kim Hyung-rae.



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[Imjae Lee/Former Chief of Yongsan Police Station (November 16 of last year): That night I did not receive a single report about the Itaewon disaster.

It was around 23:00 when I learned about the situation of the Itaewon disaster.]



Lee Im-jae, the former head of Yongsan Police Station, who was in charge of Itaewon, insisted at National Assembly hearings that he only learned about the situation after about 40 minutes of the disaster.



However, the prosecution concluded that Lee's testimony was in fact a lie.



150 minutes ago, from 8:30 in the evening, he was listening to the on-site radio while waiting in the chief's car equipped with four radios.



At the time, a confused situation was sent to the radio outlook in Yongsan-seo, saying that two lanes would not be possible now with instructions to continue pushing the crowds pushed to the road to the sidewalk.



Prosecutors pointed out that even 18 minutes before the disaster, Lee could have taken appropriate countermeasures if he had made up his mind as much as he had spoken to the head of the 112 situation office who was managing the crowd.



He also ruled that the claim of requesting a SWAT team was false.



[Kim Gwang-ho/Chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (January 4th): As I repeat, we have not received anything from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency other than a request to discharge one traffic police unit.]



[Lee Im-jae/Former Yongsan Police Station (January 4th): I am still applying It is our position that there is no change in the contents of the request and instruction.]



The National Assembly's special investigation into state affairs also accused former chief Lee, who was arrested and indicted on charges of negligent negligence on the job, on charges of perjury in the National Assembly on the 17th.



(Video coverage: Yoon Hyung · Lee Sang Hak)