Demolition work is in progress on Monday, on the website of an house constructing that collapsed within the southwestern metropolis of Gwangju in 2022, leaving six employees useless and one other injured. (Yonhap)
GWANGJU — Prosecutors on Monday demanded jail phrases of as much as 10 years for firm officers accused of involvement within the lethal collapse of an house constructing in Gwangju in 2022.
The collapse of the 39-story house constructing underneath building left six employees useless and one injured in January 2022. An investigation discovered that deck plates and concrete helps affecting the constructing’s bearing capability had been put in and not using a structural evaluation.
In the course of the ultimate listening to at Gwangju District Courtroom, some 270 kilometers south of Seoul, prosecutors demanded jail phrases of between 5 and 10 years, or a two-year jail time period with out labor, for 10 officers of HDC Hyundai Growth Co., which was chargeable for the venture.
Particularly, they requested the courtroom for a 10-year jail time period for HDC’s on-site supervisor and a seven-year sentence for the corporate’s then president.
The prosecution additionally sought jail sentences of 5 to 10 years for 4 officers of a subcontractor, and eight-year sentences for 3 officers of a building inspection firm.
“This was a man-made catastrophe attributable to basic poor building that didn’t comply with the fundamentals of the roles of constructor, subcontractor and inspection firm, and because of the absence of security management supervision,” the prosecution mentioned.
