Last January 20th, six people killed by fire in Yongsan, South Korea. This tragedy happened during the process of put down demonstration by tenants of Yongsan redevelopment area. It’s already passed ten days but nobody apologize or responsibility for this accident. Government already knew Kim Suck-gi Seoul police director allowed to dispatch SWAT to put down tenants but they don’t apologize and censure, but make an excuse of “fine real reason”. They want to make people concentrate on Seoul police director by put off time and want to make him victim. They want to lay the responsibility on him and control this accident as easily as possible.
Many media and politician urged this accident caused by tenant. Because while demonstration they use violence such as throw firebombs. They knew the thinner is very dangerous material but they use it make firebombs for against to government, so they have to take responsibility for this tragedy. Of course, demonstrate by violence is wrong way to express one’s opinion. However, basic cause of this accident is taking strong measure of government. Actually this is conflict occurred between development trader and tenants due to reward. The trader thought it is enough but tenants felt it is unacceptable. In this situation, government had to take the role of mediating a conflict between development trader and tenants, but government just took trader’s side. The government ignored tenants’ the right to live. They gave just 25 hours to tenants for demonstration and then put down them by violence. They didn’t have willing to solve the problem by compromise. Many human rights associations in Korea thought this accident is the case of ignorance weak people’s live right, so they sends complain messages to UN.
We don’t know why the police choose the violence to tenants? And why don’t they try hard to talk each other? Why don’t they apologize to people? The government has to apologize to people. No, at least, they have to apologize to this accident’s victim’s families. First of all, they have to beg pardon about menacing the tenant’s right of life by short tempered new town redevelopment. Governments have to protect the people especially the weak but they ignore them. It is neglect of duty. Second, apologize to use violence to the tenant. Even if tenants have firebombs they are not many and inferior but SWAT use cruelty violence toward them and police didn’t prepare safety equipment. They expected strong resistance so prepared a crane to move container but they didn’t prepared fire truck or mattresses. Third, the police have to explain why they did autopsy dead bodies without family’s permission. Families insist that they already know victim’s I.D. but they did autopsy even they didn’t need. They doubt the police hide something such as sign of hard violence. At last, don’t avoid to taking responsibility for this accident. Six people lose their lives. It is a big deal and we can meet same situations again and again. If we were not deal this accident fairly at this time, we might pay more blood and lives in next situation. National task is important but human’s rights and life is most important thing. We have to remember this, we are human and everything has the right path.
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