Kang Eun-mi Begins Hunger Strike Urging Enactment of Serious Accident Corporate Punishment Act... Late Kim Yong-gyun's Mother Joins

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jinyoung] Kang Eun-mi, floor leader of the Justice Party, will begin a hunger strike protest starting on the 11th to urge the enactment of the Serious Accidents Corporate Punishment Act.

On the afternoon of the 10th, Floor Leader Kang held a press conference at the Communication Office and stated, “With a mindset of life-or-death determination, I will continue the hunger strike protest from tomorrow. The Justice Party will fight alongside the people with a desperate resolve to see this through to the end.” Joining this indefinite hunger strike protest are Kim Misook, chairperson of the Kim Yong-gyun Foundation and mother of the late Kim Yong-gyun, and Lee Yong-gwan, director of the Hanbit Center and father of the late PD Lee Han-bit.

Rep. Kang Eun-mi, floor leader of the Justice Party, along with other lawmakers, is shouting slogans in front of the meeting room of the 1st Subcommittee on Bill Examination of the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee, urging the enactment of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

He criticized, “The pleas and cries of the people asking not to die while working are echoing inside and outside the National Assembly. Yet, do the two major parties not see the tears and blood of the people?”

He continued, “Even though both the Democratic Party of Korea and the People Power Party have said that creating safe workplaces is the responsibility of companies, and that people come before money, their words remain empty rhetoric. Otherwise, there would be no reason for the Serious Accidents Act not to pass since both parties have proposed it,” he emphasized.

Floor Leader Kang appealed, “Please declare that companies prioritizing profit over human life and safety must be held accountable and punished,” and “Show everything through the enactment of the Serious Accidents Corporate Punishment Act.”

He added, “Please remember that today, the day after the regular session of the National Assembly ended without passing the Serious Accidents Corporate Punishment Act, marks the second anniversary of Kim Yong-gyun, who perished on a conveyor belt,” and “At this very moment, we must think first of the people who are risking their lives and facing threats to their safety while working.”

Previously, the Justice Party held a 72-hour overnight protest in the National Assembly Rotunda with families of industrial accident victims. Although Lee Nak-yeon, leader of the Democratic Party, promised to process the Serious Accidents Corporate Punishment Act, concerns are growing that legislation within this year is becoming unlikely.

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