It turns out that there are no specific guidelines for the Marine Corps on whether to wear life jackets when searching for missing persons along the river.
“There is no specific manual for each type of public support, such as wearing life jackets during operations to search for missing persons in waterside areas,” said Choi Yong-seon, head of the public affairs department of the Marine Corps, at a regular briefing at the Ministry of National Defense today (24th).
“With this accident as an opportunity, we are supplementing safety measures for each risk situation and site safety measures in more detail,” he said.
In response to a question about whether the Marine Corps encouraged the search for the missing person with a reward vacation, he replied, “The 14 nights and 15 days reward vacation is not for encouragement, but the leave period was granted because it was judged that the soldier who found the body needed psychological stability.”
In addition, regarding the claim that corporal Chae Su-geun’s colleagues were restricted from going out and visiting on the weekend, he denied, saying, “It was confirmed that there were three people who went out over the weekend.”
On the 19th, Marine Corps corporal Chae, who was carrying out a mission to search for missing people without a life jacket in Naeseongcheon, Yecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was swept away by a torrent and died.
2023-07-24 02:43:00
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