[Exclusive] Ma Kyung-seok, Chief of Seoul Gangseo Police Station, Suspended from Duty... Related to Osong Underpass Disaster

Ma Kyung-seok, Chief of the Gangseo Police Station in Seoul (Senior Superintendent), has been confirmed to be suspended from his position.

According to the National Police Agency on the 25th, Chief Ma was suspended in connection with the Osong Underpass disaster in Chungbuk.

At the time, Chief Ma was serving as the Director of Public Safety at the Chungbuk Police Agency.

The Osong Underpass disaster occurred around 8:40 a.m. on July 15 last year at the Gungpyeong 2 Underpass in Osong-eup, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk, when the nearby Miho River embankment broke, causing floodwaters to inundate 17 vehicles including city buses, resulting in 14 fatalities.

Meanwhile, Kim Byung-gi, Director of Public Safety at the Gangwon Police Agency, has been appointed as the new Chief of the Gangseo Police Station in Seoul.