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The 2nd Truth Reconciliation Committee was launched … Case 1 is ‘Support for the Busan Brotherhood’
Reporter Ahn Joon-young [email protected]
Check-in: 2020-12-10 13:40:02Revision: 2020-12-10 14:18:30Published: 2020-12-10 14:18:51
Jeong Geun-sik, Chairman of the Past Affairs Reconciliation Committee for Truth and Reconciliation, is receiving a truth-seeking request from Han Jong-seon, a group of victims of fraternity support, in an office located in the Namsan Square building, Jung-gu, Seoul. Yunhap news
The second Truth and Reconciliation Committee (hereinafter the Truth and Reconciliation Committee) was launched on the 10th after receiving the Busan Brotherhood Support Case as No. 1. In addition to knowing the truth, There is a growing interest in knowing if the case of assistance support to siblings, such as obtaining the legal status of victims, will face a new stage.
On the morning of the 10th, the meeting of victims of fraternal assistance announced in the morning that it had received a request for an investigation of the truth. Jong-seon Han, the representative of the Brotherhood Support Victims Association, said: “The state has never investigated the truth about the Brotherhood Support incident until now.”
On this day, a representative received a group complaint from 170 victims of fraternal assistance throughout the country and presented it to the Truth and Reconciliation Committee. Representative Han said, “Victims are feeling relief and comfort from the release of Truth Hwahaewi.”
The inauguration of the II Truth Reconciliation Committee is due to the great contribution of the victims to the assistance of the brothers. Victims of the brothers’ social support, such as CEO Han Jong-sun and Choi Seung-woo, have urged that the Past Affairs Reconciliation Act be revised through various channels, including the high altitude in front of the National Assembly. As a result, the Past Affairs Act was passed in May and the way was again opened to uncover the truth.
Expectations have also risen since the Truth and Reconciliation Committee has stronger authority than the first period (2006 ~ 2010). The deadline for filing a truth investigation has been extended from one year to two years from the date of application of the law, and a closed-door hearing was made possible, which was not in the first phase.
President Jeong Geun-sik said, “As the public’s sensitivity to human rights has increased, we will look at past problems from a new angle and boldly respond to issues that need to be investigated.”
Kim Gyeong-il, general secretary of the Social Welfare Association, said: “There are no victims of the fraternity’s support who have been legally recognized so far. said. Director Kim added: “The local community must cooperate so that we can also address the problem of the accumulation of wealth of the Park In-geun family.”
