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In the midst of this, there are also bereaved families preparing for damages lawsuits against the state.
The government said it may first pay compensation or compensation depending on the results of the investigation.
Reporter Park Chan-geun will deliver this information.
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Ten families knocked on the door of a public interest reporting center run by a lawyer group to ask the state to take responsibility for the disaster.
Their stories are different, such as the parents of a prospective couple who died six months before their wedding, and the bereaved family of a new office worker in their 20s, but they all have the same determination to find out the cause of the disaster and to hold the state accountable.
[Sumi Jeon/Good Royers Public Interest Information Center Lawyer: It's not a wedding, it's a position where you had to send it to heaven, so you're having a lot of trouble.
They do not want to forget their children and want to act for them.]
Even in a situation where a disaster is foreseen under the State Compensation Act, liability for compensation is established if the investigation confirms that preventive measures under the Act on the Performance of Duties by Police Officers were not intentionally or negligently taken. You can.
The Supreme Court has acknowledged the responsibility of the state in cases such as the Oh Won-choon case, in which a woman was murdered due to the police's inadequate handling of a 112 report, and the Junggok-dong case, in which the police and probation officer's poor investigation and supervisor led to the murder of a housewife.
It is believed that the state is responsible as long as there is a causal relationship between the violation of the state's duties and the death of the victim. It seems that the state's compensation for the Itaewon disaster will also be a criterion for determining whether the violation of the duties of the police and district offices has a causal relationship with the pressure. .
The government is also leaving open the possibility of preemptive compensation.
[Han Dong-hoon/Minister of Justice: Depending on the results of the investigation, I think the government will provide responsible relief for damages.]
[Kim Han-gyu/Democratic Party member: Is there a possibility that (the government) will pay compensation or compensation first?]
[Han Dong-hoon/Ministry of Justice Minister: Of course.
Of course.]
The Korean Bar Association and the Lawyers for a Democratic Society also announced that they would support the bereaved family's claim for state compensation.
(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol · Kim Se-kyung, video editing: Won-hee Won, CG: Ryu Sang-soo)