▲ The Special Investigation Headquarters (Special Edition) of the National Police Agency, which is investigating the Itaewon disaster, started a search and seizure on the 8th at the Office of the Chief of Police, the Office of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the Office of the Chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and the Office of the Yongsan-gu Office. have.
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On the 14th, the National Police Agency placed Park Seong-min (55), head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Public Safety Information and Foreign Affairs Department, on standby for suspicion of deleting an information report concerned regarding safety accidents during Halloween.
On the same day, the National Police Agency issued Director Park on standby and appointed Bo-Jun Kim, Public Safety and Information Commissioner of the National Police Agency, as his successor.
After the Itaewon disaster, Director Park said in a messenger chat room with information chiefs from front-line police stations, including Yongsan Police Station, “Delete the information report as prescribed in preparation for inspection and search and seizure,” and was subject to inspection and investigation.
The Special Inspection Team of the National Police Agency requested the Police Special Investigation Headquarters (Special Edition) to investigate Director Park. The special edition plans to summon Park as a reference sooner or later for investigation.
The special edition plans to summon and investigate this week the head of the Yongsan Police Station’s information department, who was charged with conciliating employees following deleting the report by ordering another employee to do so.
On the other hand, public criticism is growing that the responsibility for the Itaewon disaster is shifting only to front-line workers.
On the police internal network ‘Polnet’, criticism of the direction of the investigation of the special edition is lined up along with memorial messages for Inspector Jung Mo (55), the former chief of intelligence at Yongsan Police Station. Inspector Jeong was booked on the special edition on the 7th and placed on standby on the 9th.
One police officer even insisted on the dismantling of the special edition, saying, “They are not investigating the superiors who only enjoy authority and are not responsible.
Reporter Lee Beom-soo