The law “Serious crime suspicion…concerns of fleeing and destroying evidence”
15 workers died due to industrial accidents at the graphite refining plant since 1997
3 died and 3 were injured from December of last year to August of this year, ‘[Edaily reporter Jae-eun Lee] The CEO of Yeongpo Graphite Refining Plant has been arrested on charges of violating the Act on the Punishment of Serious Accidents, etc. ‘,
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| CEO Park Young-min of Yeongpo Graphite Refining Plant is attending a pre-arrest suspect interrogation (substantive warrant examination) at the Andong Branch of Daegu District Court on the 28th. (Photo=Yonhap News) |
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, ‘On the 29th, Judge Park Young-soo of the Andong Branch of the Daegu District Court issued arrest warrants after conducting pre-arrest suspect interrogations (substantive warrant examination) for Park Young-min, the CEO of Yeongpo Graphite Refining Plant, and Park Sang-yun, the plant manager, who are respectively charged with violating the Act on the Punishment of Serious Accidents and the Chemicals Control Act.’,
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, ‘Judge Park explained the reasons for issuing warrants, stating, “There are serious suspicions of crime, concerns of fleeing, and concerns of destroying evidence.”‘,
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| On the afternoon of the 28th, before leaving the Andong Branch of the Daegu District Court after completing the pre-arrest suspect interrogation, Bae Sang-yun, the plant manager of Yeongpo Graphite Refining Plant, is moving to waiting room 2. (Photo=Yonhap News) |
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, ‘During the warrant examination, the prosecution substantiated their suspicions against them by stating, “Within the recent 9 months, 3 fatal accidents have occurred at the graphite refining plant, resulting in 3 deaths and 3 injuries,” and emphasized, “There are significant concerns of destroying evidence, such as erasing KakaoTalk messenger contents.”‘,
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, ‘This makes CEO Park the second case to be arrested at the investigative stage for violating the Act on the Punishment of Serious Accidents, following the previous day’s arrest of Park Soon-gwan, the CEO of Ariseal, on the same charge.’,
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, ‘Both CEO Park and Manager Bae briefly apologized to reporters before and after the warrant examination but did not respond to whether they admitted to the charges.’,
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, ‘It was reported that the prosecution conducted searches at the Yeongpo Group headquarters in Seoul and the graphite refining plant in Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, before requesting arrest warrants for the two individuals.’,
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| On the afternoon of the 28th, the Andong Environmental Movement Union held a press conference urging the execution of the arrest warrants for the CEO and plant manager of Yeongpo Graphite Refining Plant in front of the Andong Branch of the Daegu District Court. (Photo=Yonhap News) |
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, ‘On December 6th of last year at Yeongpo Graphite Refining Plant in Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, one worker died from arsenic poisoning while replacing a tank motor, and 3 were injured.’,
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, ‘In March of this year, a subcontractor worker died while cleaning a cooling tower, and on the 2nd of this month, a subcontractor worker died from heatstroke.’,
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, ‘According to the Andong Environmental Movement Union, a total of 15 workers have died from industrial accidents at Yeongpo Graphite Refining Plant since 1997.’,
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