"Former Seoul Mayor Kim Kwang Ho should be punished"...bereaved family picketing

The bereaved families of the Itaewon disaster went on a relay picketing to urge severe punishment ahead of the first trial of former Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner Kim Kwang-ho.

The bereaved families of the Itaewon disaster began picketing yesterday (15th) in front of the Seoul Western District Court, where the first trial of former Seoul Mayor Kim, who is accused of professional negligence, is scheduled to be sentenced.

The bereaved families, who continued the protest until the 17th, when the first trial was scheduled to be sentenced, urged the former head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government to punish Kim severely, saying he clearly predicted the disaster and had a chance to prevent the danger.

The Seoul Western District Court will sentence three officials from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, including former Commissioner Kim, to the first trial on the 17th.

Park Hee-young, the head of Yongsan-gu District Office, was acquitted in the first trial, and Lee Im-jae, the former head of Yongsan Police Station, was sentenced to three years in prison.