“A special committee must be launched before eyewitness memories fade.”
Interview scene between Itaewon disaster victims’ families and NCCK General Secretary Kim Jong-saeng
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Se-won Lee = The families of the victims of the October 29 Itaewon disaster met with religious leaders one after another and asked for their support for the prompt promulgation of the Itaewon Disaster Special Act.
According to the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) on the 17th, the bereaved families of the Itaewon disaster met with NCCK General Secretary Kim Jong-saeng at the Korean Christian Church Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul, this afternoon.
The bereaved families asked the religious world to help so that the ‘Special Act for Guaranteeing the Rights of Victims of the October 29 Itaewon Disaster, Finding the Truth, and Preventing Reoccurrence’ (Itaewon Disaster Special Act), which was passed at the plenary session of the National Assembly on the 9th of this month, is promulgated as soon as possible.
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Lee Jeong-min, chairman of the steering committee of the October 29 Itaewon Disaster Victims’ Families Council (Confucian Association), said in a meeting, “The truth of the disaster must be revealed through a special law and those responsible must be held accountable, and the honor of the 159 victims who lived faithfully each day must be restored. The religious community must continue to the end. “Please show interest and join us,” he said.
General Secretary Kim said, “It breaks my heart and feels shameful to see the bereaved families going through such a tearful journey,” and added, “I will do my best with neighboring religious denominations so that the special law can be promulgated as soon as possible.”
Officials of the 10/29 Itaewon Disaster Victims’ Families Council and the 10/29 Itaewon Disaster Citizens’ Countermeasures Committee met with Bishop Lee Yong-hoon (Matt.), Chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, at the Catholic Diocese of Suwon the previous day, saying that a special law should be promulgated as soon as possible and that a special law be enacted before the memories of eyewitnesses fade. He expressed the opinion that an investigation committee should be launched quickly.
Bishop Lee offered words of consolation to the bereaved family, saying, “The children must have suffered greatly at the scene, but now they will watch over us on earth by God’s side.”
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