Families weep as police officers jailed in first convictions over Korea’s Halloween stampede
Families weep as police officers jailed in first convictions over Korea’s Halloween stampede - Former police chief of Yongsan police station is the first senior police official to be convicted over th
Korean court recognizes state responsibility in Itaewon crowd crush, convicts police official
The court convicted the chief of the Yongsan Police Station, while acquitting the mayor of the district, prompting an outcry from those who lost loved ones that night in 2022
3 police officers sentenced to prison over the Halloween crush in South Korea that killed nearly 160
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.
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.
South Korea Halloween crush: police officials jailed over 'man-made' tragedy
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.
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 agency reported.
South Korean court gives prison sentences to 3 police officers over deadly 2022 Halloween crush
It was the first conviction of officials over the failure by authorities to prevent or adequately respond to the overcrowding that occurred in the popular Itaewon district.
EX-YONGSAN POLICE CHIEF GETS 3 YEARS IN PRISON OVER DEADLY ITAEWON CROWD CRUSH
Former Yongsan Police Station chief Lee Im-jae (C) leaves a courtroom in Seoul on Sept. 30, 2024, after he was sentenced to three years in prison without forced labor on charges of professional negligence resulting in death and injury during the 2022 crowd crush in the Itaewon district.
Court to deliver verdicts for Yongsan Ward office chief, ex-Yongsan police chief over Itaewon crowd crush
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court is set to deliver verdicts Monday for the Yongsan Ward office chief and a former chief of the Yongsan Police Station over the deadly 2022 crowd crush in the district of Itaewon.
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
Ex-Yongsan police chief gets 3 years in prison over Itaewon crowd crush; Yongsan ward chief acquitted
A Seoul court on Monday sentenced a former chief of the Yongsan Police Station to three years in prison without labor over the deadly 2022 crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district, saying the danger was foreseeable,
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(2nd LD) Ex-Yongsan police chief gets 3 yrs in prison over Itaewon crowd crush; Yongsan ward chief acquitted
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Monday sentenced a former chief of the Yongsan Police Station to three years in ...
"Responding to the poor response to the Itaewon disaster." Before Yongsan chief's safe for 3 years...the head of the district office is innocent
Anchor] Former Yongsan Police Chief Lee Lim-jae and Yongsan-gu District Commissioner Park Hee-young, who are accused of poor ...