Prosecutors Form 'Icheon Fire Investigation Headquarters' with 15 Prosecutors

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The prosecution has formed an investigation headquarters and decided to actively respond to the Icheon logistics warehouse fire accident.

On the 30th, according to the prosecution, the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office formed an investigation headquarters consisting of 15 prosecutors to lead the investigation into the 'logistics warehouse construction site fire' that occurred in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province the previous day.

Cho Jae-yeon, Chief Prosecutor of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (age 57, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 25), will serve as the head of the investigation headquarters; Kim Ji-yong, First Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (age 52, class 28), will serve as deputy head; and Song Kyung-ho, Chief of the Yeoju Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (age 50, class 29), will serve as the investigation team leader.

The Suwon District Prosecutors' Office plans to establish a permanent communication system with the Yeoju Branch and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office to share real-time updates and comprehensively oversee all aspects of the investigation.

Additionally, they will closely cooperate with related agencies such as the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, which has formed an investigation headquarters of 125 personnel, and the Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters, which is conducting search and rescue operations at the site.

The formation of the investigation headquarters by the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office appears to be in accordance with the response guidelines issued by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office the previous day.

Earlier, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office established a communication system with the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office and its Yeoju Branch, which are responsible for the investigation centered on the criminal division regarding the Icheon fire accident.

They are also sharing related information in real time by sending disaster manuals and investigation materials on similar large-scale fire incidents to the departments in charge of the case.

It is known that Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol will receive real-time investigation status reports from the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office investigation headquarters.

Meanwhile, at around 1:32 p.m. on the 29th, a fire broke out at a logistics warehouse construction site in Moga-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi Province, resulting in at least 38 deaths and 10 injuries.

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