Police chief jailed for 3 years over S. Korea crowd crush
South Korea court sentences highest-ranking police officer yet to jail over Halloween crush
The former head of a local police station in Seoul has been sentenced to three years in jail over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush, making him the highest-ranking law enforcement official to be held criminally liable over the disaster.
Police Leaders Jailed in South Korea Over 'Man-Made' Fatal Halloween Crush
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Monday sentenced the former police chief of a district of Seoul to three years in prison for a botched response to a deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital's Itaewon nightlife district in 2022.
Senior South Korean Police Officer Sentenced to 3 Years Over Crowd Crush
Lee Im-jae, a former district chief, is the most senior official to be convicted in connection with the 2022 disaster that killed nearly 160 Halloween partygoers.
Police chief jailed for three years over S. Korea crowd crush: Yonhap
People poured into a narrow, sloping alleyway between bars and clubs, the weight of their bodies and a lack of effective crowd control leading to scores of people being crushed to death
South Korean Court Gives Prison Sentences to 3 Police Officers Over Deadly 2022 Halloween Crush
A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people
Local police chief jailed for 3 years over deadly S. Korea crowd crush: Yonhap
A South Korean court handed a three year jail term Monday to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed more than 150 people, the Yonhap news
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