Three Supervisors at the 'Gwangju Apartment Collapse' Site Undergoing Detention Hearing

Charges Including Negligent Homicide and Injury in the Course of Duty

Regarding the collapse accident at Hwajeong I-Park in Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, three supervisors are coming out of the courtroom after completing the pre-arrest detention hearing at the Gwangju District Court on the morning of the 24th.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Jin-hyung] A pre-trial detention hearing (warrant review) was held for three supervisors accused of causing the death of a worker at the Hwajeong I-Park new construction site in Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City.

After the hearing at the Gwangju District Court, the supervisors bowed their heads and remained silent in response to related questions from the press before boarding the transport vehicle.

Only one of them expressed an apology to the victim and the bereaved family.

When asked questions such as "Do you admit to supervision negligence?" and "Did you know about the removal of the props, which was pointed out as one of the causes of the collapse?" all the supervisors remained silent.

The results of the warrant review are expected to be announced as early as this afternoon.

These supervisors are accused of professional negligence resulting in death or injury, violations of the Building Act and the Housing Act in connection with this accident.

So far, out of the 20 people criminally charged in this case, detention warrants have been requested for 10, which is half of them. Among them, three officials from the construction company HDC Hyundai Development Company and two officials from the reinforced concrete subcontractor Gahyeon General Construction are currently detained.

The accident occurred on January 11 at Building 201 of the apartment complex, when the floor and part of the exterior wall of the 16th floor collapsed, resulting in the deaths of six workers.

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