Prosecutors raided the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) on Wednesday as part of their investigation into the Itaewon crowd crush tragedy.
Kim Kwang-ho, the chief of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, attends a hearing on Itaewon crowd crush tragedy in the National Assembly on Jan. 4. [YONHAP]
Prosecutors raided the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) on Wednesday as part of their investigation into the Itaewon crowd crush tragedy.
The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office sent investigators to raid the SMPA in Jongno District, central Seoul.
The office of Kim Kwang-ho, the chief of the SMPA, was also raided. Kim has been receiving reports on the Itaweon crowd crush in his office according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors also raided the SMPA's public relations office.
BY LEE BO-RAM, SOHN DONG-JOO [sohn.dongjoo@joongang.co.kr]
![Kim Kwang-ho, the chief of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, attends a hearing on Itaewon crowd crush tragedy in the National Assembly on Jan. 4. [YONHAP]](https://img3.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202301/18/koreajoongangdaily/20230118105058521qfsp.jpg)