On the 13th, People’s Power Changwon City Council member Kim Mi-na made scathing remarks to the mourning families of “Itaewon’s Halloween disaster”, such as “Did you die while saving the country?” The Gyeongnam Provincial Party Ethics Committee is expected to take follow-up measures such as disciplinary actions.
On the 12th, City Councilor Kim left a message on the social networking service (SNS), saying, “The bereaved families twice killing souls who went to heaven at a young age like flowers.” On the 11th, he was also reported to have said, “The Democratic Party, after 8-9 years of eating yellow ribbons, how much are they going to eat with black ribbons?”
City councilor Kim’s aggressive remarks towards the grieving family began last month. On the 4th of last month, he said: “Their madness across the line began with the grieving family’s weapon. He wrote that he broke the garland and made a high-level ‘Ding-kang'” and “I wonder if such an extreme action is killing the deceased twice.” On the 5th of last month, he said: “The expression to be the victim of an Itaewon accident is not correct,” and on the 23rd of last month, she took a picture of the grieving family’s interview with a mosaic-free broadcasting company and said, “There are ignorant XX killing Ji XX twice?” “Sell your kids. Sounds like a trick to get a share,” he wrote.
Regarding the Sewol Ferry disaster on the 12th, City Councilor Kim said, “I heard the Sewol Ferry and used it in Itaewon, so people are fed up.”
When his remarks became an issue, City Councilor Kim said that day, “The ferry Sewol, Itaewon or the forces that bereaved families use are moving.” In a personal statement to the city council plenary session in the afternoon, he said: “I bow my head in apology to citizens, especially bereaved families, who may have been deeply hurt by my mishandwriting, and I will deeply reflect .”
