▲ Martial law forces suppressing citizens during the May 18 Democratization Movement
Immediately after the May 18 Democratization Movement, concrete evidence has emerged that the military authorities operated a separate unit to deal with buried or buried bodies.
The 5·18 Fact Investigation Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Investigation Committee) announced today (18) that it was confirmed by records that security companies and special warriors operated the so-called'corpse handling team' in the course of the recent investigation into the 5·18 black burial incident.
The investigation committee said it had secured a list and personal information of the members of the corpse squad.
In particular, the Investigation Committee confirmed that the military security support command had related data produced by the security company at the time and began to secure the data.
This is the first time that meaningful data have been secured on the reality of the corpse squad, which has been rumored to grow.
Until now, during the investigation process, statements such as "the buried body was transported by helicopter" or "there was a separate unit to process the body" have been reported by officials and witnesses from the martial law army, but no evidence to prove this has been found.
It is known that the Investigation Committee confirmed these data in the process of obtaining statements on the corpse handling team during the interview with military personnel and analyzing and specifying past records.
Based on the obtained data and list, the Investigation Committee will visit the troops at the time and persuade them to reveal the truth.
(Photo = Yonhap News)