S. Korean head of India LG factory charged with manslaughter over gas leak

A man evacuates a young girl who had fainted following the gas leak incident at the LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam on May 7, 2020. The company's chief executive Sunkey Jeong, director D.S. Kim and 10 other local employees of LG Polymers have been charged with manslaughter over the incident. - AFP

NEW DELHI (AFP): The South Korean head of an LG Chem factory in India has been charged with manslaughter over a toxic gas leak that killed 15 people, police said Wednesday (July 8).

The May 7 pre-dawn accident at the chemical plant owned by LG Polymers, a subsidiary of South Korea's LG Chem, in the eastern port city of Visakhapatnam also left hundreds hospitalised and knocked many unconscious as they tried to flee the area.