Parents of ferry disaster victims refuse state reparation plan
ENG) Parents of ferry disaster victims refuse state reparation plan Published : 2015-04-02 19:58 Updated : 2015-04-02 19:58 1) A group of parents of some of the high school students killed in a ferry accident last year lambasted the government’s reparation plans on Thursday, demanding a thorough probe into the accident’s causes and the recovery of the sunken ship instead. 2) In a rally at the Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, the parents shaved their heads to protest what they called the “government’s unilateral decision to pay reparations against the parents’ wishes.” 3) “We have never asked for money,” said Yoo Gyoung-geun, a family spokesman who lost his daughter in the disaster. 4) “All we ask is that the ferry be towed out from the sea, so that those still missing can be found and that officials fully investigate the cause of the disaster,” Yoo added. 5) The 6,800-ton passenger ferryboat Sewol sank in waters off southwestern Korea last April, killing 304. Nin...