Police forensic investigators enter Hanwha Aerospace’s Daejeon plant to conduct a joint investigation following an explosion on June 2. The explosion, which took place the day before, left five people dead and two injured. [YONHAP]
DAEJEON, SEJONG — Police and labor authorities on Thursday launched a search and seizure operation against Hanwha Aerospace following an explosion and fire that left five dead and two injured.
The Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency's special investigation team and the Daejeon Regional Employment and Labor Office, comprising 34 police officers and 20 labor inspectors, began simultaneous raids of Hanwha Aerospace's Seoul headquarters, its Research and Development (R&D) campus in Daejeon and the plant where the deadly explosion occurred on Monday.
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Authorities aim to seize operational logs and safety management documents from the specific washing bay where the blast took place. Investigators are particularly focused on verifying allegations raised by the labor union and victims' families, who claim that the installation of critical safety equipment had been wrongfully delayed.
