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Aunt Lee, 76, the CEO of the Hamilton Hotel, who is accused of increasing the damage of the ‘Halloween disaster’ through illegal expansion, was handed over to trial.
On the 27th, the Seoul Western District Prosecutor’s Office announced that it had indicted Lee and others without detention on charges of violating the Building Act and the Road Act.
Mr. Lee is accused of building illegal buildings around the main building and annex of the hotel and occupying the road without permission.
Prosecutors also ordered two hotel tenants, including the owner of bar A on the first floor of the hotel annex, as well as one hotel operating corporation and one rental corporation, on the same charges.
Among the five suspects indicted that day, one tenant was added during the prosecution’s investigation.
However, the prosecution decided not to charge Lee and the corporation for aiding and abetting the temporary building, believing that they were not intentional.
The police special investigation headquarters, which investigated the Halloween disaster, initially handed it over to the prosecution on charges that Mr. Lee and the hotel corporation were aiding and abetting the temporary building while recognizing it illegally.
