Ex-Police Chief of Seoul Cleared of Criminal Negligence Over Crowd Crush
Kim Kwang-ho, the former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, was the most senior official to face criminal charges over the 2022 disaster that killed 159 people.
Former Seoul police chief found not guilty of negligence in Halloween crush
A South Korean court ruled on Thursday that Seoul's former police chief was not guilty of negligence in the response to a Halloween crowd crush in the capital's Itaewon nightlife district that killed 159 revellers in 2022.
South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly Halloween crowd crush
The verdict drew angry responses from grieving relatives and their advocates, who accused the court of refusing to hold high-level officials accountable.
South Korean court acquits former police chief over deadly crowd crush
A South Korean court found the former police chief of the country’s capital, Seoul, not guilty over a botched response to a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in 2022
Seoul Court Acquits Ex-police Chief Over Halloween Crush
A South Korean court acquitted the former Seoul police chief and two officers Thursday of professional negligence over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush that killed more than 150 people, an official told AFP.
Seoul police chief acquitted over Halloween crush
Kim Kwang-ho has been found not guilty of negligence that led to the deaths of 159 revellers in the 2022 tragedy.
Ex-Seoul police chief acquitted over Itaewon crowd crush
A Seoul court on Thursday acquitted a former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) over the deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush, citing lack of evidence linking his professional negligence to the tragedy.
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