Last year, 23 foreign workers died in a fire at the battery manufacturing company Aricel.
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After 23 people died in a fire at battery manufacturing company Aricel, the company's chief executive Park and chief operating officer Park Jung-on were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The Suwan District Court gave a verdict under the 'Serious Accident Penalty Act' after about a year of consideration. This punishment is the heaviest punishment under the Act, which has been in effect since 2022. 23 foreign workers died in a fire on June 24, 2024 because this company did not manage workplace safety . In which 17 Chinese, 5 Korean and one Laotian worker were .
According to the prosecution, the company increased production at a loss, cut security budgets, employed untrained foreign workers, and failed to prepare for the fire, causing massive casualties.
Uday Rai, president of expatriate Ted Union, Korea, said that the worker was killed in an industrial accident and the company owner was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the first time . According to him, the victim's family got justice after everyone's continuous initiative.
