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The president of Seoul Transportation Corporation visited the incense burner at Sindang Station and made an official apology.

It has been ten days since the tragic incident happened.

The apology itself was late, but the bereaved family said it was not a proper apology.



Reporter Park Se-won reports.



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Kim Sang-beom, president of Seoul Transportation Corporation, visited the incense burner at Sindang Station and read an apology prepared in advance.



This is the first time he has visited an incense burner in the ten days since the incident occurred.



[Kim Sang-beom/President of Seoul Transportation Corporation: We wish the deceased well-known after an unexpected incident.

It is too late to know that I have been fighting a lonely battle alone in great pain for a long time



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He responded to a reporter's question about whether it would be appropriate to mention only system improvement without directly apologies for the company's mistakes related to this case.



[Kim Sang-beom / President of Seoul Transportation Corporation: Basically, on the premise that we made a mistake, we will do our best to prevent the death of the deceased from happening again.

Please accept this as our sincere apology.]



Previously, President Kim delivered an official apology to the victims at the funeral home last night (23rd) night, and as the bereaved family accepted this, the funeral procedures that had not been conducted until this morning were canceled. It's finished.



However, the bereaved family, who received the late delivery of President Kim's announcement, complained that it was not a proper apology.



[Victim's uncle: If you look at the contents, there is not much information about the subject of responsibility.

I was wondering if the employee should be held morally responsible for going through such an unfortunate incident, but that part was also bluntly passed...

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The belatedly announced apology seems to intensify the controversy in the context of the prosecution's investigation into Seoul Transportation Corporation and the investigation by the Prime Minister's Office's Personal Information Protection Committee.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Yoon Hyung, Lee Sang-hak, Video editing: Lee Seung-jin)