<Anchor> When the
Special Investigation Unit for the Sewol ferry disaster of the prosecution was launched in November last year, the head of the investigative leader expressed this determination.
[In the mind of writing a white paper, I will thoroughly investigate all suspicions.]
As voices asked to clarify the cause of the sinking of the Sewol ferry and whether the government responded properly, a special investigation team was launched under the direction of Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol We investigated several suspicions.
Today (19th), a year and two months later, the results of the investigation were released, and the bereaved family members who saw it are asking if the result of the investigation was correct with the feeling of writing a white paper.
Reporter Ahn Hee-jae reports.
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This is an image of a NIS employee doing information activities in the hospital where the survivor of the Sewol ferry victim Kim Young-ho was admitted.
Based on this video, the Special Task Force on the Sewol ferry disaster requested an investigation, saying that the National Intelligence Service inspected the survivors and reported it to the Blue House.
However, the conclusion of the investigation by the Special Forces is the reason that there is no evidence of'no charges', the top of the NIS, or the Blue House ordered or reported.
[Lim Kwan-hyuk/Sewol Ferry Disaster Special Investigation Commander: The fact that the trend report was written was confirmed, but concrete and realistic rights violations such as follow-up, wiretapping, hacking, and the distribution of the media were not confirmed...
.]
Even the suspicion of a rescue delay by Lim Gyeong-bin, who fell into the sea, concluded that the coast guard could not be held responsible for delayed rescue.
The same goes for the allegations that the Ministry of Justice has put pressure on the prosecution's investigation team and that the Blue House has blocked the audit.
The suspicion of the operation of the Sewol ferry CCTV storage device has revealed that it will pass the record to the special inspection team in the future.
Among 17 suspicions, the Special Forces ended their activities with the investigation result of surrendering former Secretary General Lee Byung-ki to trial on charges of interfering with the activities of the Special Assistance Commission such as Kim Seok-gyun on charges of insolvent rescue activities.
Even today (19th), the bereaved family members who were stalking in front of the Blue House criticized that they had no intention to investigate.
[Yoo Gyeong-geun/Sewol ferry disaster family council executive chairman: Accepting the previous conclusion without further investigation or review, is this the result of the investigation that has done its best...
.] The
survivors insisted that a re-investigation should be made not only for allegations of CCTV manipulation, which are scheduled for special prosecution, but also for other allegations.
(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho and Choi Choi Woong, video editing: Lee Seung-jin, material provided by the Special Assistance Committee on the Sewol ferry disaster)