If you mention the sea shipwreck accident, the first thing that comes to mind may be the scene of the movie "Titanic", which reminds of the tragic love of the male and female protagonists; but perhaps some people will also think of Sewol , which caused 304 deaths, and even former South Korean President Park Geun-hye is believed to be closely related to this incident.
Recently, the Seyue incident has ushered in a follow-up. On December 17, the Seoul High Court in South Korea pronounced a second-instance verdict on the Sewol investigation, overturned the first-instance verdict, and sentenced several senior executives, including the former Blue House first secretary of government affairs, Zhao Yunxuan, former presidential secretary Li Bingqi (sound), and other senior executives.
Did the truth announced by about 100,000 people in South Korea at that time end innocence?
Former Blue House Government Affairs Chief Zhao Yunxuan (left) and former Presidential Secretary Li Bingji attended the second-instance public trial held in the court on the afternoon of the 17th. Photo/Yonghap News Agency
Xiaoxiang Morning News Special Correspondent Ji Yuxin Seoul Report
On December 17, the Seoul High Court in South Korea announced the second-instance verdict on the case of the Sewol investigation, overturned the first-instance verdict, and sentenced many senior executives, including Zhao Yunxuan, former head of the Blue House government affairs secretary, Li Bingqi (sound), and other senior executives, not guilty. After hearing the news of their verdict, the survivors of Sewol who were waiting sobbed and said, "Is it true that they are innocent?" "Save my child."
reported that the court overturned the first instance verdict on Zhao Yunxuan, Li Bingqi and others, upholding the first instance verdict on former chief economic secretary An Zhongfan, and former deputy minister of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries (Deputy Minister) Yin Xuepei was sentenced to 6 months in prison and 2 years of probation.
"Is it innocent and right?" "Save my child"
It is reported that the above-mentioned executive was accused by the prosecution of suspected obstructing the work of the Special Investigation Committee of Social Tragedy in 2015. During the first instance, Zhao Yunxuan and Li Bingqi were sentenced to one year in prison and two years of probation.
On November 11, 2019, five years and seven months after the wreck of the Sewol shipwreck, the procuratorate formed a special investigation team, took the investigation records from the Special Investigation Committee of Social Tragedy, and officially restarted the investigation.
Previously, in April 2014, South Korea's Tanyuan High School in Tanyuan High School in South Korea The students took the Sewol cruise ship arranged by the school to Jeju Island . On the morning of the 16th, when passing by the waters near Jindao County, Jeolla South Province, the Sewol suddenly tilted and eventually sank.
There were 476 people on the ship at that time, and the accident killed 304 people.
After hearing the news of their verdict, the survivors who were waiting for the truth of the Sewol were sobbing: "Is it innocent?" "Save my child."
Regarding the anger and opposition of the wills, the referee department explained the judgment: "After formulating relevant documents, it became an abuse of power, and the other party's Blue House and Ministry of Marine and Fisheries Civil servants' relationship with the defendant is only a relationship that assists in the execution of their duties, and does not give other people the inherent authority and role to participate in the position, so the crime of abuse of power is not established. "
6 years ago report may have lies
17 On the morning of 17, the truth of the Sewol tragedy was found to be found in the conference room of the Special Investigation Committee of the Social Tragedy in Seoul Jung-gu Social Tragedy, Park Byung-woo held a press conference on the "Sewol trajectory and evidence preservation related investigation results" on the day of the tragedy, and made a speech, claiming that the report issued by the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries before and after the tragedy was not true.
It is revealed that the day of the tragedy, The Segoyle AIS track on the monitor screen of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries' Status Room shows that it broke on the left 2.89 kilometers north of Pingfeng Island. However, at 16 o'clock that day, the Segoyle trail published by the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries to the public for the first time was completely different. Although the navigation direction was the same, the trajectory direction around 16 o'clock was different. After 16 o'clock, the ship moved down for a long time, which caused confusion in the route trajectory.
At 16 o'clock on the day of the accident, the Segoyle trail published by the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries' Status Room in the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries' Status Room was inconsistent. (Picture source: Special Investigation Committee for Social Tragedy)
The bigger problem is the explanation of the matter later.At that time, the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries said: "From 3:37 to 9:30 on April 16, 2014, only some of the tracks (including the Segoyle) were stored for 6 hours, so it took a long time to restore the tracks of Seventyle until the final track was announced."
Regarding the reason for only partial tracks of Seventyle, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries said that "the tracks were slow to be preserved", but the statement that the investigation team judged that the tracks of Seventyle were not stored within 6 hours was very likely false.
Because on the day of the incident, the State Room of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries not only revealed the track of the Sewol "AIS" (Ship Automatic Identification System), but also did not find any technical problems in the system one week after the tragedy, so it was determined that the storage of the position information of the ship was never delayed.
In addition, the marine police at that time knew that the coast guard could not grasp the original data of "AIS", but they still gave false explanations to the survivors. At present, the investigation team is planning to investigate relevant personnel based on suspicion of producing false official documents, exercising official documents, obstructing official duties, etc.
The divers rescued felt the betrayal of the country
When the accident occurred, the rescue was difficult due to insufficient divers. At that time, the victims were trapped in the steamer and could not be rescued. The children were trapped in the huge cruise ship and gradually stopped breathing, eventually becoming still photos in the black photo frame. But now there are still people who remember what they were looking for at their last moment—civil divers on the frontline of rescue.
6 years ago, civil divers were the last comfort for the victims' families. Today, six years later, civil divers were damaged by excessive rescue at that time, and now they can never dive again. What is even more heartbreaking is that every day in the past six years, the faces and voices of the victims have been constantly emerging in front of them.
One of the divers Huang recalled the rescue situation again: "More than 100 people participated in the rescue work. At that time, the coast guards were panicked because they did not receive instructions from their superiors. When they thought of the victims, the divers forced to dive to save people without a ship structure map, and even forgot to abide by the safety code."
"When I rescued three students and sent them to the shore, they hugged each other tightly and never let go." Huang recalled.
originally thought that the rescue would end in one week, but unexpectedly lasted for about 3 months.
The diver suffered serious physical damage due to forced diving. Diver Jin had to undergo disc surgery due to the collapse of the ship during the search and rescue process. Diver Huang was deteriorating sharply due to kidney disease and had to undergo hemodialysis three times a week.
Divers say the government's response makes them even more angry than physical damage.
Due to the poor response of the government in the early stage, a diver died. The state used the saying "the rescuer is not the victim" to ignore the divers who sacrificed for the country. They said they felt betrayed by the state, and even the coast guards treated divers as sinners.
The coast guard sued Kong Yourong, the leader of the diver at that time, on the grounds of prosecution of Li Guangxu's death during the search and rescue process. Although the South Korean Supreme Court finally made a guilty sentence, the divers still felt the malice against them from all sides.
In May this year, the divers finally received compensation. The "Kim Kuan Hongfa" named after the diver who led the promotion of divers' difficulties, namely the "Partial Amendment to the Special Law for Relief and Support for the "4.16" Sewol Accident Victim Relief and Support" was adopted at the final plenary session of the 20th Congress. The main content is that civil divers participating in the rescue are added to the targets of paying the compensation for losses.
dialogue "We were not rescued, but escaped ourselves."
4 is the season when cherry blossoms are in full bloom in South Korea. At this time of year, everyone will take a walk under the cherry blossom trees with friends or family.
"There are many cherry blossom trees in the school. Whenever the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, I often take photos with my friends under the cherry blossom trees. After that (the Sewon tragedy) happened, I never admired the flowers again."Zhang Aizhen (sound, 22 years old) said while bent down and stroked the sculpture engraved with the names of classmates and teachers who died in the accident.
surviving student Zhang Aizhen came to Tanyuan High School and stood next to the names of 261 classmates who died in the accident. (Picture source: Korean Nationality)
As one of the few survivors of the Sewol, Aizhen did not feel lucky.
"The classmates and teachers were all lying in the cold cabin, feeling that they were not qualified to enjoy the warm sunshine. "Aizhen looked at the names of classmates and teachers on the sculpture and said. Before the
tragedy, Aizhen's dream was to become a teacher after graduating from university, but after that incident, she became an emergency rescuer. Aizhen believes that as long as the initial response is right, everyone can actually escape. She said: "A politician said that the child was not rescued because he did not obey management. If you are sensible (listen to quietly wait for the broadcast notification) you should have escaped. But what they didn't know was that we (survivors) were not rescued, but escaped by ourselves. "
Now Aizhen is fully supporting the campaign to "find the truth of the Sewol tragedy". She said: "In order to avoid such incidents, the people should remember the Sewol tragedy, and hope that the special investigation team can find out the truth." "
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