Investigation Into Whether A Celebrity Sighting Caused the Itaewon Crowd Crush Begins
Investigators are not only looking into the celebrity sighting, but who started the pushing in the alley and the Yongsan district police response as well:
At the center of the claims is a suspicion raised through social media and news interviews that some people on the upper side of the sloped alley cried “push, push” and thrust other people, resulting in the deadly crush.
Allegations have also arisen that a massive crowd of people surged into the narrow alley to see a celebrity visiting the area at that time.
According to police officials, a police investigation is currently under way into those claims, although no criminally punishable acts have been identified so far.
Yonhap
There was a celebrity, K-Pop singer Lee Ji-han killed in the crush so maybe he was the celebrity that witnesses were referring to?
The article goes on to state that business owners that would not let people into their businesses to escape the crush would likely not face charges:
Nam Gu-jun, chief of the National Office of Investigation, said a 475-member special investigative team had interviewed 44 eyewitnesses as of Monday and secured 52 pieces of surveillance camera footage in 42 places around the scene to determine the exact cause of the accident.
Videos posted on social media were also being scrutinized, he said.
Some survivors have also claimed operators of stores along the alley blocked the entrances to people fleeing the crushing crowd, although experts said it would be nearly impossible to criminally punish them for “denying voluntary rescue.”
Many expect the investigation could also be directed toward police in charge of the precinct and the municipal government of Yongsan that administers the Itaewon neighborhood for failing to carry out advance accident prevention measures in negligence of their safety management duties.
You can read the rest at the link, but the Hamilton Hotel will also be investigated for expanding the wall in the alleyway that made it even narrower than it already was.
All the excuses are now pointed at the crowd and the police. The ones who are really responsible for derelict of duty are the ones making the accusations.
The ones who are responsible are those who either went into the crowded alley or pushed onthe others in the alley.
I mean, the wall was not expanded on Halloween, and unforced errors of judgment fall on those who make them.
Like the people who ignored all the “red flags” and chose to support Mao (and the CCP) anyway.
“You can read the rest at the link, but the Hamilton Hotel will also be investigated for expanding the wall in the alleyway that made it even narrower than it already was.”
Imagine if we had not put our safety wall there to limit the number of people entering the alley. The death toll would have been so much higher.
We saved so many lives, it brings tears to our eyes.
Where do we pick up our key to the city?