韩国华城电池厂火灾案终审落定 企业代表朴淳瓘获刑4年 23名死者中17人为中国劳工
韩国大法院（最高法院）10 月 20 日驳回检方与被告双方的上诉，2024 年华城电池厂火灾案终审落定：涉事电池企业 Aricell 代表朴淳瓘（Park Soon-kwan）有期徒刑 4 年正式确定。该案一审曾判处 15 年，二审减为 4 年，终审维持二审判决。
同案一并终审确定的还有：朴淳瓘之子、Aricell 总括本部长 Park Jung-eon 有期徒刑 7 年、罚金 100 万韩元；Aricell 公司罚金 8 亿韩元。大法院第 1 部（主审大法官千大烨）认定原审判决在法律适用上没有错误，并确认朴淳瓘属于《重大灾害处罚法》所规定的「经营负责人」。
这起火灾发生在 2024 年 6 月 24 日：位于京畿道华城市西新面的 Aricell 锂电池工厂 3 号楼 2 层堆放的锂一次电池发生爆炸起火，造成 23 名工人死亡、9 人受伤。韩国警方确认，死者中 17 人为中国国籍、5 人为韩国国籍、1 人为老挝国籍；据韩国媒体报道，死者中有 20 人是被非法派遣的劳工。
审理经过方面，水原地方法院 2025 年 9 月一审判处朴淳瓘父子各有期徒刑 15 年，这是《重大灾害处罚法》自 2022 年施行以来同类案件中最重的刑期；一审认为，企业平时节省安全成本、出事后以雄厚资金与家属和解求得轻判的「恶性循环」必须切断，对和解情节只作有限考量。今年 4 月，水原高等法院二审将朴淳瓘改判 4 年：二审认定难以证明事发楼层负有设置紧急出口的义务，相关指控不成立，仅就未建立有害危险因素确认与改善程序、未备置重大灾害应急手册、未编列灾害预防预算等指控判定有罪；二审同时认为，父子二人并非完全放任安全管理，且已与全部 23 名死者的家属达成和解，火势在爆炸后约 16 秒内急速蔓延的特殊性也应纳入量刑。朴中言的刑期二审由 15 年减为 7 年。
二审大幅减刑宣判后，遇难者家属曾强烈抗议；本案终审宣判前，家属方面仍在呼吁严惩。（GSM 据韩联社及韩国媒体报道）
S. Korea Top Court Finalizes 4-Year Term for Battery Plant CEO in Fire That Killed 23, Including 17 Chinese Workers
South Korea's Supreme Court on October 20 dismissed appeals from both prosecutors and the defense, finalizing a four-year prison term for Park Soon-kwan, chief executive of battery maker Aricell, over the 2024 Hwaseong plant fire that killed 23 workers. Park had been sentenced to 15 years at first trial; an appeals court reduced the term to four years, and the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld that ruling.
Also finalized were a seven-year prison term and a 1 million won fine for Park's son, Park Jung-eon, an Aricell general manager, and an 800 million won fine against Aricell as a company. The Supreme Court's First Division, presided over by Justice Cheon Dae-yeop, found no legal error in the lower court's judgment and confirmed that Park qualifies as a "management executive" liable under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act.
The fire broke out on June 24, 2024, when lithium primary batteries stored on the second floor of Building 3 at Aricell's plant in Seosin-myeon, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, exploded and caught fire, killing 23 workers and injuring nine. South Korean police confirmed that 17 of the dead were Chinese nationals, five were South Korean and one was Laotian; South Korean media reported that 20 of the dead were illegally dispatched workers.
At the first trial in September 2025, the Suwon District Court sentenced both Park and his son to 15 years in prison, the heaviest sentence in a case under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act since it took effect in 2022. The court said a "vicious cycle" — in which companies skimp on safety costs and then use their financial power to settle with victims' families in exchange for leniency — had to be broken, and gave the settlements only limited weight. In April this year, the Suwon High Court cut Park's term to four years: it found it difficult to establish a duty to install emergency exits on the floor where the fire began and acquitted him on those charges, convicting only on counts including failure to establish procedures to identify and address hazards, failure to prepare an emergency manual and failure to budget for disaster prevention. The appeals court also found that the two men had not completely neglected safety management, that settlements had been reached with the families of all 23 victims, and that the fire's spread within about 16 seconds of the explosion should be considered. The son's term was reduced from 15 years to seven.
Bereaved families strongly protested after the appeals court sharply reduced the sentences, and they continued to call for severe punishment ahead of the Supreme Court's final ruling. (GSM, based on Yonhap and South Korean media reports)
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图片来源：2024 年 6 月火灾后的 Aricell 华城工厂厂房（资料图）· GTV 京畿道厅广播局 摄，CC BY 3.0（维基共享资源）
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