[정치]”If only you cared” about the tragedy at Guui station, personal misdeeds … belatedly apologizing

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The statements of candidate Byun Chang-heum from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport dismissed the past ‘Guui Station Screen Door Disaster’ as a personal fault of an employee of a deceased subcontractor.

As for the structural disaster, people misperceived behind the scenes were criticized. Candidate Byun apologized for the injuries.

This is a report from the reporter, General Manager Won.

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In 2016, the death of a 19-year-old flower-shaped boy was symbolized by a cup of noodles that couldn’t be opened in a bag.

Kim Mo, who was repairing the screen door at Guui Station alone while skipping meals, was hit by a train and died.

[구의역 사고 희생자 어머니(2016년 5월) : 우리 아이가 잘못한 거라고는 밥 먹을 시간도 없이 여기저기 뛰어다니면서 시킨 대로 했을 뿐인데….]

The accident investigation revealed a lack of manpower and structural outsourcing problems, which had no choice but to violate the two-person rule.

However, candidate Byeon Chang-heum, Minister of Lands, Infrastructure and Transportation, who was then president of the Seoul Urban and Housing Corporation, evaluated the accident in this way.

People are dying for something really nothing, shaking the entire city administration.

One by one, the employee of the consignment company passed away by mistake.

If he took care of himself a little, it could have become like nothing happened.

The power of the people before the staff hearing and the National Assembly have expressed concern at the same time.

[김은혜 / 국민의힘 대변인 : 문재인 정부가 표방했다는 사람이 먼저다가 아닌, 사람이 나중이었다, 내 편만이 먼저다라는 시각을 볼 수가 있습니다.]

The Justice Party urged even today to apologize to all Kim, who risked death and worked in danger.

[장혜영 / 정의당 의원 : 위험의 외주화, 구조적 재난을 개인의 실수로 치부하는 변창흠 국토교통부 장관 후보자의 안일하고 부당한 현실인식에 강력히 유감을 표합니다.]

However, this is not the only controversial statement.

In the proposal to create a shared restaurant in public rental housing, he also said: “Do people who cannot live buy food because they are crazy?”

It was intended to be less useful when privacy was considered, but there is scope for it to be seen as reflecting a misperception of tenants of rental housing.

Candidate Byeon, who said this was not a statement for that purpose, belatedly circulated a statement saying that he regretted causing concern over his comments four years ago, and sincerely apologizes to those injured.

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