[사회][뉴스큐] Busan Underground Road Disaster,’Restraint’ for Administrative Officials…

In Busan, when a heavy rain poured like a water bomb in July last year, an underground roadway was flooded and three people who could not escape were killed.

An arrest warrant was issued yesterday for one public official in charge of management at the time.

This is the first time that a public official in the working department has been arrested for personal injury caused by a natural disaster.

The public office is also in trouble.

There have been cases where public officials were arrested and punished for neglect of management, not natural disasters.

The collapse of Seongsu Bridge is typical.

The bus that was crossing the bridge crashed, killing 32 people, including a high school girl who was going to school.

Although the problem was poor implementation, three public officials were arrested for failing to fulfill their management responsibilities.

In addition, one person who was admitted to being’guilty of negligence in business’ was sentenced to imprisonment and lost public office.

A ward official was convicted of a case in which a participant was severely injured and paralyzed by holding a diving competition in shallow water.

He was charged with negligence in business because he did not consider the difference between the tide and the tide.

Public officials were arrested for the first time due to natural disasters,

Many pointed out that the inundation accident on the Busan Underground Road was actually a’personnel’.

The 8 pm heavy rain warning went into effect, because there were no control measures and no information on the signboard indicating whether there was flooding until 10 pm after the accident.

Some point out that there was an investigation to look after public officials

In the legal world, it is often difficult to clearly determine the causal relationship that caused an incident.

Explain that the punishment was not easy.

Therefore, this arrest case is also a shock to the public office.

They pointed out that even natural disasters should be managed properly

There are also voices that the structural limitations of the civil service system, where it is difficult to hold only one person responsible, should be considered.

[조일환 / 부산지하차도 사고 유족 : 지금은 (희생자가) 3명이지만, 이대로 넘어간다면 다음에는 30명이 될 수도 있고, 3백 명이 될 수도 있고 얼마나 많은 사람이 공무원들의 무사안일한 인식 하나로 희생을 당해야 할지 모르지 않습니까]

We have experienced not a few cases where a moment of vigilance leads to a catastrophe.

“If the public office doesn’t change, there could be more victims.”

This painful scream of the survivors of the Busan subway accident

We look forward to bringing a greater resonance to the changes in our public service society.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]