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
Seoul court sentences ex-district police chief over 2022 Halloween crowd crush
A Seoul court on Monday sentenced a former district chief of police to three years behind bars without labor over the city's tragic crowd crush of Halloween weekend 2022.
South Korea jails ex-police chief over deadly Halloween crush that killed 159
Two other police officers were also convicted of professional negligence resulting in the deaths of victims mostly in their 20s and 30s A South Korean court has handed down prison sentences to three police officers over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people.
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.
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.
Ex-police chief jailed for 3 years over deadly Itaewon crowd crush in Seoul: Yonhap
SEOUL - A South Korean court handed a three-year jail term on Sept 30 to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed more than 150 people, the Yonhap news agency reported.
Ex-Korea Police Official Gets Jail Term Over Deadly Halloween Crowd Crush
A former South Korean police officer was sentenced to three year imprisonment over a crowd crush that killed at least 158 people at a nightlife district during Halloween festivities in 2022.
Court to deliver verdicts for Yongsan Ward office chief, ex-Yongsan police chief over Itaewon crowd crush
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.
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
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.
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.
The bereaved family of the Itaewon disaster, "I am not convinced that Mayor Park Hee-young is innocent."
When Yongsan-gu Mayor Park Hee-young, who was tried for poor response to the Itaewon disaster, was acquitted in the first ...
Court rules Itaewon tragedy was 'foreseeable'
A Seoul district court on Monday sentenced the former chief of the Yongsan Police Station to three years in prison without ...
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Ex-Yongsan Police Chief Gets 3 Years In Prison Over Deadly Itaewon Crowd Crush
30, 2024, after he was sentenced to three years in prison without forced labor on charges of professional negligence ...
'Responding to the poor response to the Itaewon disaster' Former Yongsan Chief, 3 years in prison
Anchor] The first trial court sentenced Lee Im-jae, former chief of Yongsan Police Station, to three years in prison for his ...