On the day of the Sewol ferry tragedy, the result of the investigation by the Special Committee on Social Participation (Special Committee) revealed that the first time the Blue House recognized the incident earlier than previously known.

The Special Committee held a press conference on the post tower in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 13th and said, "We decided to ask the prosecution to investigate the alleged charges, such as the fact that the perception and propagation time of the Blue House's first known disaster did not match the objective data."

The Blue House Park Geun-hye claimed that the incident was first recognized on April 16, 2014 at 9:19 AM breaking news, and that it was reported to the presidential office at 9:24 AM, and then reported to the president.

Prosecutors and courts also held trials against former President Kim Ki-chun, the secretary-general, on the premise that these allegations are true.

However, according to the data obtained by the Special Task Force, the Blue House Crisis Management Center already sent a text message to the total 153 people, including the National Security Office, and the chief of the government and government planning, at 9:19 am on the day of the disaster.

The Special Committee said, “Considering the time required to check the number of persons (474 ​​persons) in the statement and the message related to the person concerned, it seems that it would take about 10 minutes to send the message after the initial situation is recognized.” "It seems that you were fully aware of the outbreaks around 9:10 am."

According to the Special Committee, four prosecutors, including Kim Ki-chun, former secretary-general of the country and Kim Kyu-hyun, former chief of the National Security Office, were alleged to prepare data that falsely described the tragedy and information submitted to the National Assembly. Decided to request an investigation.

A charge of perjury was also applied to Kim Jong-un, who first appeared as a witness to the impeachment of former President Park at the Constitutional Court in 2017 and said the time of the disaster was 9:19 am.

"They seem to have been concerned that criticism that they could not respond promptly in an urgent situation would be raised if they admitted that the victims of the investigation request, including former secretary-general Kim, were aware of the accident before the announced time," said the senior committee member of the Special Committee on the Committee of Special Committee Moon Ho-seung. "304 "It was urgent to evade the massive damage of death rather than to be held accountable, and it also seems to have hampered the investigation."