National Assembly Adopts Osong Underground Road Disaster Investigation Plan 774 Days After Tragedy (Comprehensive)
Identifying Responsibility and Preventive Measures
Investigation Period Set Until September 25
On August 27, the National Assembly convened a plenary session and adopted the 'National Investigation Plan for Fact-Finding and Preventive Measures Regarding the Osong Underground Road Disaster.'
During the session, out of 163 members present, 161 voted in favor and 2 abstained, resulting in the adoption of the national investigation plan for the Osong underground road disaster. Lawmakers from the People Power Party walked out in protest after the proposal to appoint National Human Rights Commission members recommended by their party was voted down in the plenary session.
With the adoption of the investigation plan, the National Assembly will now work to identify the causes and assign responsibility for the Osong underground road disaster, which occurred on July 15 last year. On that day, heavy rainfall caused a temporary embankment on the Mihocheon River to collapse, flooding the Gungpyeong 2 underground road and trapping people in their vehicles, resulting in 14 deaths and 16 injuries.
The plan stipulates that the investigation will not only determine responsibility for the disaster, but will also examine the establishment and implementation of preemptive safety measures by the central and local governments, the appropriateness of government and local authorities' responses-including police, fire, administrative, and healthcare operations-before and after the disaster, as well as the adequacy of response actions and measures to prevent recurrence.
The investigation period is set until September 25, but it may be extended by a resolution of the plenary session.
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National Assembly Speaker Woo Wonshik stated, "It has taken 774 days since the disaster for the earnest requests of the victims' families to finally be addressed by the National Assembly," adding, "I hope that uncovering the causes and assigning responsibility for the disaster will help heal the ongoing pain of the bereaved families and survivors, and mark the starting point for building a safer society."
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