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A South Korean appeals court reduced the prison sentence of Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan from 15 to 4 years over a deadly lithium battery plant fire in June 2024 that killed 23 workers and injured nine. The court found insufficient grounds to determine Park intended to evade liability under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. Park's son, a company general manager, also saw his sentence reduced to seven years. Victims' families protested the ruling, with some yelling at the judge.
An appeals court in South Korea reduced the prison sentence of Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan to four years from 15 years over a deadly fire at the company's lithium battery plant in June 2024 that killed 23 workers and injured nine. The court found insufficient grounds to determine Park intended to evade liability under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. Park's son, a company general manager, also saw his sentence reduced from 15 to seven years.
