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20-year-old army sergeant died while going to a valley with the army last year, but the bereaved family said yesterday (25th) that the funeral had not been held for over half a year, saying the truth was not revealed.

However, our coverage confirmed that another non-commissioned officer was rescued after falling into deep water in the same valley four months before that incident.



First of all, this is an exclusive report by Ahn Hee-jae.



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Sergeant A and Sergeant B, who were together in a valley in Gapyeong at the time of the death of Sgt. Jo Jae-yoon, visited the same valley in May of last year, four months before the accident.



Something similar happened that day when Sgt. Joe jumped into the water despite his reluctance.



Sergeant B, who can't swim like Mr. Jo, said he would save him if he fell, so he dived and fell into the water.



Fortunately, a non-commissioned officer other than Sergeant A jumped in and rescued him.



During the military investigation, Sgt B said, "I was scared, but I had to run, and I wouldn't be here without the other party." He said, "Mr.



In 2020, there was also a statement that Sergeant A himself fell into the same valley and was rescued.



However, until the death of Sgt. Cho, the unit did not take any action.



There was no report, so I didn't know.



In the investigation record obtained by SBS, the sergeant stated, "I reported the case of Sergeant B around May or June and told the battalion commander that training was necessary."



[Lee Ji-hoon/Representative of the bereaved family: This kind of confusion is something that cannot happen in the military.

(Shortly after the accident in May) Even if you don't go to disciplinary action, even if you give a severe warning or at least that much...

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In July of last year, a non-commissioned officer drowned in another unit, and an accident prevention training instruction was issued to the entire division.



Sergeant A stated that he was educated, but that he was not familiar with it.



[Jo Eun-kyung / late Sergeant Jo Jae-yun's family: Everyone says they don't know me and I don't take responsibility...

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You could take him back and do something like this.

Others really shouldn't go through it.

People who haven't really suffered can't know.]



(Video coverage: Jeong Sang-bo, Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu, CG: Choi Ha-neul)



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