Governor Kim Dong-yeon on Suwon Three Sisters' Extreme Choice: "We Will Establish a Hotline"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, announced plans to establish a hotline and other measures in response to the tragic case of three mother and daughters in Suwon who took their own lives due to financial hardship.

On the 23rd, Kim posted on his Facebook, expressing, "I blame myself, thinking that when no one else could be asked for help, shouldn't they have at least been able to contact the governor once?" He added, "Upon hearing the news of the three mother and daughters who had to leave this world in Gyeonggi Province, where I serve as governor and live in Suwon City, I felt unbearable sorrow."

He continued, "I imagine the loneliness and despair the three must have felt during the year they cut off contact with neighbors, relatives, and welfare administration," and promised, "(To prevent such tragedies from happening again) I will find a way. No, I must find a way. To go beyond the imagination of the public service community, I will also widely accept opinions and suggestions from the residents."

Earlier, at around 2:50 p.m. on the 21st, three female bodies were found in a multi-family house in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon City.

The bodies were significantly decomposed, making identification difficult, but the police believe they were a woman in her 60s, Ms. A, and her two daughters in their 40s, who lived in the house and died by suicide. The three mother and daughters had been enduring a difficult life due to health issues such as cancer and rare incurable diseases, as well as financial difficulties, but they had not applied for welfare services such as basic living subsidies. After moving residences, they also did not register their change of address, so the local government was unaware of their hardships.

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