South Korea crowd crush: Seoul police chief charged over Halloween disaster in which 159 died

Seoul’s chief of police has been charged with professional negligence over the deadly Halloween crush in 2022 that killed nearly 160 people, prosecutors in the South Korean capital have said. Kim Kwang-ho, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA), was charged with professional negligence resulting in injury or death, Seoul’s western district prosecutors’ office said in a statement released on Friday. As the chief of the SMPA, it is alleged he “did not take necessary measures, such as deploying sufficient police forces and ensuring proper command and supervision” on the day of the crush, the statement claimed.

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negligent 疏忽的；粗心的

negligence 疏忽；粗心大意

halloween 万圣节前夕🎃，万圣夜

prosecutor 公诉人；检察官

prosecute 起诉

allege 宣称；主张

sufficient 足够的

suffice 足够

forces 可以理解为警力，即指派到现场的警察或安全力量

supervision 监督

supervise 监督