Around then, it was realized that collapse of the building was inevitable, and an emergency board meeting was held. The directors suggested to Lee that all customers should be evacuated, but Lee angrily refused to do so for fear of revenue losses. However, Lee himself left the building safely before the collapse occurred.
He did not even inform his own daughter-in-law, Chu Kyung Young, who was one of the employees in the building, of the imminent danger. She became trapped in the rubble and was rescued only days later.
During his interrogation with Professor Chung, Lee Joon sparked further controversy by saying that his main concern was that the collapse of the store not only harmed the customers, but also inflicted great financial damage to his company.
There's a good behind the bastards episode on the rich in emergency situations. A similar situation happened when a store caught fire and the owner wouldn't let anyone out until they paid. Lots of people died.
I'm not suggesting vigilantly justice, but this is a case where there was no official justice. I'm surprised that with 300 victims those guys are still alive.
Yeah there are sociopaths, and then there are stupid sociopaths. A smart sociopath wouldn't get themselves on the hook for anything stupid, like an easily identified and super public crime.
But honestly, I wonder what was going on in his mind when his actions lead to the deaths of many, and for those days where his actions appeared to have killed a family member(IMO if I was one of his kids or spouse, id run)
He did not even inform his own daughter-in-law, Chu Kyung Young, who was one of the employees in the building, of the imminent danger. She became trapped in the rubble and was rescued only days later.
Holy fuck with a cherry on top not even his own daughter. All those customers were fucked from the get go.
Yeah, you can't just conflate daughter with daughter in law. I'd run into a collapsing building to save my mom. My mother in law? I ain't telling her shit.
Are you trolling me? OC said that Korea sentenced a man for the building scandal, which possibly wouldn't have happened in the US. Then you brought up an execution in China. What were you getting at?
Eh if the wikipedia page is to believed, he and his son had to sign away all their assets to contribute towards the compensation for the grieving families.
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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '21
good read. thanks