In a mass accident in Seoul, South Korea, in which 158 people died, the mayor of the municipality where the accident site is located, Itaewon, was charged with negligence resulting in deaths and injuries for failing to take measures without assuming that an accident would occur on Halloween, he was arrested by the police on suspicion of
South Korean media reported that Park Hee-young, mayor of Yongsan-gu, where Itaewon is located, was arrested by the Special Investigation Branch of the South Korean National Police Agency on the night of the 26th on charges of professional malpractice which resulted in death and injury. Was.
In the mass accident this time, 158 people died because many young people who had gathered before Halloween collapsed and collapsed, it is said that they neglected to take measures.
Furthermore, Korean media said the police investigation revealed that Mayor Park had replaced the smartphone after the incident and erased the information stored on the smartphone he had been using up to that point, and the court said, “C ‘is the risk of destroying It is said that he decided to arrest him after judging that there are.
In addition, the section head of the security department office was also arrested on suspicion of professional malpractice resulting in death or injury.
Four senior police officers, including the then head of Yongsan Police Station, which has jurisdiction over Itaewon, were arrested in connection with the incident.
