![During the torrential downpour that fell in Busan at 9:30 pm on July 23 last year, the Choryang underground roadway was submerged and 6 vehicles passing through it were trapped, killing 3 people and injuring 4 others. When the underpass was flooded, he took refuge on the roof of the car. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/file.mk.co.kr/meet/neds/2021/02/image_readtop_2021_133224_16128371884536079.jpg?w=400&ssl=1)
During the torrential downpour that fell in Busan at 9:30 pm on July 23 last year, the Choryang underground roadway was submerged and 6 vehicles passing through it were trapped, killing 3 people and injuring 4 others. When the underpass was flooded, he took refuge on the roof of the car. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]An arrest warrant was requested for two civil servants involved in the case where three people died due to flooding of an underground roadway in Busan due to heavy rain in July last year.
The interrogation of the suspects before their arrest (substantial warrant examination) began at 10:30 am on the 9th at 10:30 am with the hearing of the chief judge Cho Hyun-cheol, the exclusive criminal 1 of the Busan District Court. The employees for whom the warrant has been requested are employees of the Dong-gu Office’s working-level department in charge of managing the drainage and underground road signs. Whether or not they will be arrested will come out late this afternoon. On this day, the survivors who died in the accident also participated in the warrant review and demanded strict responsibility for the public officials in charge of managing the drainage system.
During the torrential downpour that fell in Busan at 9:30 pm on July 23 last year, the Choryang underground roadway was submerged and 6 vehicles passing through it were trapped, killing 3 people and injuring 4 others. The police investigated and sent the head of the Dong-gu deputy district and three officials from the department in charge to the prosecution on charges of neglecting the management of the underpass.
![During the torrential downpour that fell in Busan at 9:30 pm on July 23 last year, the Choryang underground roadway was submerged and 6 vehicles passing through it were trapped, killing 3 people and injuring 4 others. When the underpass was flooded, firefighters went into the water to save people. [사진제공=부산경찰청]](https://i0.wp.com/file.mk.co.kr/meet/neds/2021/02/image_readmed_2021_133224_16128371884536080.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
During the torrential downpour that fell in Busan at 9:30 pm on July 23 last year, the Choryang underground roadway was submerged and 6 vehicles passing through it were trapped, killing 3 people and injuring 4 others. When the underpass was flooded, firefighters went into the water to save people. [사진제공=부산경찰청]In addition, two Dong-gu Office officials and Busan city officials who wrote the minutes of the meeting to judge the situation that they did not actually do during a heavy rain for the former Busan Mayor Byeon Seong-wan, who did not return to the city hall after having a drink near the Busan City Hall, and left as an official office. Each one also handed over to the prosecution as an opinion of prosecution.
After taking over the case from the police in September of last year, the prosecution has conducted reinforcement investigations in the meantime, such as seizing and searching the disaster-related department of Busan City Hall in November. It is predicted that both inside and outside the prosecution will complete the investigation and prosecute those involved as early as after the Lunar New Year holiday.
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