Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, Received First Report on the Itaewon Disaster 1 Hour 59 Minutes After Incident

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] It has been confirmed that Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, first became aware of the 'Itaewon disaster' 1 hour and 59 minutes after it occurred.

On the 2nd, the National Police Agency announced that Commissioner Yoon was first reported about the disaster by the Situation Officer 1 of the National Police Agency at 12:14 a.m. on the 30th of last month. This was 1 hour and 59 minutes after 10:15 p.m. on the 29th of last month, the time when the crush disaster in Itaewon is understood to have begun.

Five minutes after receiving the first report, at 12:19 a.m., Commissioner Yoon called Kim Kwang-ho, Chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and instructed the maximum mobilization of available personnel such as the riot police, rapid response for maintaining order, and securing ambulance access routes. It was confirmed that Chief Kim had already been aware of the disaster 43 minutes before receiving the call from Commissioner Yoon, having spoken with the Chief of Yongsan Police Station.

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