Interior Minister Lee Sang Min will be suspended from official duty following the impeachment motion — which passed 179-109 along party lines in the opposition-controlled parliament — until the country's Constitutional Court rules on the matter.
Interior Minister Lee Sang Min has come under pressure to resign following heavy criticism over his handling of the October 29, 2022 disaster, when scores of young costumed partygoers, mostly women in their 20s, were killed in the popular Itaewon nightlife area.
The parliamentary vote followed a months-long special investigation that concluded in January and said there had been massive planning and response failures — but stopped short of blaming any top government or national police agency officials. "Not only did he fail to carry out his role bestowed by the Constitution he also breached the basic integrity demanded of senior officials with his inappropriate remarks," the impeachment motion reads.
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