According to Yonhap news agency, on August 28, the district court of Shuiyuan city issued an arrest warrant for Park South Korea, the chief executive officer of Aricell, on Soon-kwan. At the same time, the court also approved an arrest warrant for Park Chun's son.

It is reported that the reason for his arrest involved "Huacheng" on June 24. Battery Factory the fire accident killed 23 workers, including 18 foreigners, and 8 others were injured.

Investigators said the management of Aricell was suspected of violating workplace safety regulations. This is the first time that the person in charge of the company has been formally arrested since the implementation of the severe accident punishment law in 2022, the law imposes at least one year's imprisonment or a fine of up to 1 billion won (US $747,372) on the industrial accident of the company's owner or CEO.

Investigators found that since the supply of battery products to the Army began in 2021, Aricell passed the quality inspection through continuous manipulation of test samples. The authorities said that the company's products failed to meet national defense standards in the quality test in April this year.

In addition, according to the authorities, the evacuation route of the factory was not well constructed, the emergency exit was installed in the opposite direction of the fire escape route, and the workers were not trained in safety.