Yoon vetoes Halloween crush probe

Demanding action: Family members of the Itaewon disaster bereaved families’ group reacting during a press conference against the government’s decision to veto a special Bill for the Itaewon Halloween disaster. — Reuters

President Yoon Suk-yeol blocked a Bill to launch a new probe into a Halloween crowd crush that killed 159 people in Seoul’s Itaewon district in 2022, in a move slammed by the opposition and relatives of the victims.

Yoon’s office yesterday announced his veto of conducting an investigation with an independent panel hours after the prime minister described the opposition-backed Bill as politicised and potentially in breach of the constitution.