[사회]4 police officers, including Lee Im-jae, are at a fork in the arrest today… investigation ‘watershed’

Lee Im-jae, former chief, accused of raising damage through inappropriate actions
Lee Im-jae “request to deploy the riot squad… delayed response due to late report”
Special edition “There is no evidence of a request for a riot squad… Disaster recognition possible”
Park Seong-min, former head of the intelligence department, accused of ordering to delete the report


[앵커]

Four police officers involved in the Itaewon tragedy, including former Yongsan Police Chief Lee Im-jae, are at a crossroads today (5th).

The interim report card of the Special Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency is coming out, and it is expected to be a watershed in future investigations.

This is reporter Woo Chul-hee.

[기자]

Four police officers who were targeted by the Special Investigation Headquarters to secure new recruits will be interrogated as suspects before arrest at the Seoul Western District Court this afternoon (5th).

First, Lee Im-jae, former chief of the Yongsan Police Station and former head of the 112 Situation Department at Yongsan Police Station, are accused of neglecting preparations such as manpower deployment despite reports that large crowds were expected before Halloween, and increasing human casualties by taking inappropriate on-site command and measures after the disaster.

In particular, former Chief Lee requested the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for a riot police before the disaster, but was rejected, and the response was delayed due to the late report.

[이임재 / 전 용산경찰서장 (지난달 16일, 국회 행정안전위) : 참사 과정에서 단 한 건의 보고도 받지를 못했습니다. 인파관리에 가장 효율적인 기동대를 지원 요청해라 그런 지시를 했고….]

The provisional conclusion made by the special edition is that there is no evidence that the riot squad was requested, and that the circumstances of the disaster were fully known.

Park Seong-min, former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s information department and former head of Yongsan-seo’s information department, for whom arrest warrants were requested together, are accused of instructing subordinates to delete information reports related to Halloween.

In the warrant review, it is expected that a battle will be fought between these police officers, who have always denied the charges, and the special edition and the prosecution, who say that an arrest investigation is necessary because the charges have been clarified and there is a risk of destroying evidence such as matching words.

The court is expected to decide whether to arrest him late at night after reviewing the interrogation and investigation records.

Along with this, the special edition focuses on selecting those who need to secure additional recruits instead of conducting a witness investigation on holidays, and is planning to apply for an arrest warrant as early as today.

District office and firefighting officials, including Park Hee-young, head of Yongsan-gu, who is in charge of safety management of local governments, and Choi Seong-beom, chief of Yongsan Fire Station, who is in charge of rescue activities, will be mentioned as targets.

In addition, we are considering whether to resummon the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Kim Kwang-ho, who was called and investigated as a suspect on the 2nd.

In addition, it has been announced that from this week, starting with the investigation of references to officials of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, the so-called ‘top line’ investigation will also begin in earnest.

If it succeeds in securing new recruits, such as former Chief Lee, the future investigation of the special edition can also gain momentum.

However, if it fails, it is inevitable that the investigation will be criticized for being poor, as well as the loss of investigation power and setbacks in the investigation such as ‘upper line’.

This is YTN Woo Chul-hee.

YTN Cheolhee Woo ([email protected])

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