Eight months after the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon, none of the officials in charge of the situation at the time has faced legal punishment, with investigations and trials still ongoing. On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court dismissed impeachment of Interior Minister Lee Sang-min, rejecting the National Assembly's request to remove him over the crowd crush that left 159 dead. Police investigating the .
The monthslong investigation into the Itaewon crowd crush is coming to a close, with police planning to refer Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) chief Kim Kwang-ho and other officials to the prosecution this week for possible indictment.
Seoul, Jan 9 (EFE).- The investigation into the crowd crush that killed more than 150 people in Seoul during Halloween celebrations on Oct. 29 will be completed this month, with the possibility of negligence charges being brought against several top officials of security and emergency services, police sources told local news agency Yonhap. The highest-ranking …
Police brought in two emergency monitoring officers for questioning Friday as part of their widening investigation into the bungled response to the crowd crush in Seoul s Itaewon neighborhood.
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