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people in a demonstration. The group
thatdemonstratedcannotunderstandthe
reasonswhy.
eat and live the whole day and blame
Also, questions about legal rights are
the government for such violent action
demonstrations and rallies that create a
goingnowhere.Thepolicebegantaking
by mobilizing and then sending in riot
rippleeffectwiththecitizens.
control of the building on January 20,
police. The families insist that the riot
But situation does not seem to work
2009, at 6:30AM. By then, a number
policemadethesituationworseandthis
very well. Demonstrations in front
of people in the opposition were in the
is why their people got killed. So with
of City Hall always seem to cause
building and would not leave. They
intensefeelings,familieswantapologies.
problems.Obeyingthelaw,theactivities
had accumulated oil and flame bottles
Tohelpseekjusticebetweenthevictims
havenotviolent,butthegovernmentand
inside the building and fire started that
and the government, a committee was
the police monitor and manage these
swallowed both the family members
formed to unite the people being forced
demonstrations. Worst of all, discord
in Yong-san and the police. The truth
from staying at the site. The committee
between the demonstrators and the
of what happened is hard to determine
feels the government is not being fair
police sometimes gets serious and some
becausethefamiliesinYong-sanandthe
in helping the families recover from
oftheleaderswerearrested.Thiscauses
police have different opinions and there
their losses, especially the families
more trouble, and strong feelings get
is still no agreement about the tragedy.
who were forced to leave their homes.
worseastimegoesby.
Familiessaythepolicekilledtheirloved
So the committee acts on behalf of the
ones, the police say it was an accident.
families in Yong-san in their grievances
To examine the tragedy in Yong- San,
against the government. In response to
the Yong-san committee insists that the
the tragedy in Yong-san, the committee
police force has not been forthcoming
also works to get others involved in
with information about the incident.
helpingthepeople.Theyarealsotaking
Also it claims that the prosecution and
donations for the families to help them
the police should release all the data
pay their bills and carry out many
abouttheincident.About3000pagesof
other activities with groups such as the
information have not yet been released,
An altar set up for the victims of the Yongsan
Catholicprieststohelpthevictims
and the prosecution claims they need to
tragedy.
protect private information and stop the
possibilitiesoftheabuseoverit.
ResultsoftheseActions
By continuing these activities, thing
Right now, we don’t really know
are getting better for the victims. Even
which group is right and which group
though the tragedy occurred in January,
is wrong. But the incident in Yong-san
lots of people still support the families
has inspired people to continue their
who lost their homes. Visiting Yong-
lawful demonstrations and have thus far
sanandstayingandhelpingatthesiteor
not been violent. The government, on
donating money are most appreciated.
the other hand, shows no enthusiasm to
Help has come from all over the nation,
solvethematter.Thereneedstobeafull
and this has been a great help to these
and fair trial about this incident. So we
Buyingcandlescanbeabighelp.
people.Also,religiouscircles,charitable
allcanknowthetruth.Nobodyisabove
organizations, students, citizens, and
thelaw,noteventhegovernment.Inthe
ThePresentDiscord
even companies participate in activities
The disagreement between the police
end,truthandjusticemustbeserved.
such as demonstrations and rallies with
and the families of the victims does
theYong-sanfamilieswholostbrothers,
not seem to be ending. Activities to
sisters, sons, daughters, mothers, and
push the government into apologies
fathers.
have been more frequent lately, and the
Priests from catholic churches are
corresponding force of the police has
a big help too. They perform mass
onlygrown.Thepolicealwayssendina
every week and also participate in
largeforce,andrecentlyarrestedsixteen
pourquoi@hufs.ac.kr
OCTOBER 2009

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