The organizer plans to cancel the award because the recommendation process was unclear because Son Amugae, who was controversial after awarding awards in various contests by stealing other author’s writing without permission, was awarded for helping to the accident Said.
According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, Mr. Son found an unconscious and collapsed truck driver at the Mungyeong Rest Area on April 15 last year, and received the Righteous Person Award for helping to rescue lives through first aid and reporting.
However, as Son’s history of winning various contests by stealing novels, song lyrics, and photos from others was revealed, suspicion of the righteous man award he received increased.
Earlier, author Kim Min-jeong, who received the 2018 Baekma Culture Award for his short story’roots’, revealed that Son used his novel without permission and won several literary competitions last year. The People’s Power dismissed Son, who was also a member of the Defense and Security Division of the Central Committee of the Party, from his post on the 20th. In the meantime, questions have also been raised about the image of a righteous person.
In 2018, Korea Expressway Corporation enacted a righteous person award given to individuals and organizations that helped save lives at the site of a highway accident or prevent secondary accidents. The Korea Highway Corporation receives recommendations for righteous persons through a recommender (except for himself/herself). The recommender must submit public information and supporting records along with the recommendation letter.
However, after Son was engulfed in suspicion of theft, the Korea Highway Corporation went to verify that there was no problem in awarding the righteous person, but found a problem in the recommendation process.
In a phone call on the 21st, the Korea Expressway Corporation said, “I contacted Son’s recommender to confirm the facts, but I did not reach them.” We plan to redeem 10,000 won.”
It is said that the person who recommended the achievement of Mr. Sohn was not able to confirm the person who recommended the achievement of Mr. Sohn in a belated manner, although a person who would objectively prove his achievements in the conditions for receiving the Righteous Person Award must be specified. The road construction side is also embarrassed as it is not possible to determine who recommended Son Ui-in-sang.
In an interview with the Kookmin Ilbo, Mr. Son said, “We talked about this with the Korea Expressway Corporation. Relatives recommended it as a highway personificationist. I was going down the line from Seoul and somebody fell down on the highway, so I went to take relief measures and talked with the Korea Expressway Corporation.”
It is also unclear whether Mr. Son made a report at the time of the accident. On the 19th, the newstop said, “As a result of checking with the Mungyeong Fire Station and Sangso Office, which are the jurisdiction of the Mungyeong Rest Area, there is no record of dispatching differently from Mr. Son.”
In the media today’s coverage, the competent fire departments, Mungyeong Fire Station and Sangju Station, revealed that there was no record of dispatching to the Mungyeong Rest Area on April 15 last year. However, the two fire departments said, “There is a possibility that another fire department was dispatched.”
The Mungyeong Service Area also said there was no record. An official at the Mungyeong Service Area said, “Unless the service area employee reports, it is not recorded separately. However, there have been two incidents reported by a customer last year and an ambulance dispatched. “One was reported by a female customer. On the other hand, there is no record, so I can’t remember the customer.”
The official contents of the Korea Highway Corporation indicate that Mr. Son directly reported it, but even if he inquires to several other agencies that could file an accident at the time, there is no place where Mr. Son’s report was received, so the public behavior as a person cannot be confirmed.
The Korea Highway Corporation said, “I received only photographs as evidence” for Mr. Son’s public evidence. When asked,’Is there any pictures of fire trucks or ambulances?’ he said, “No.” The photo of the documentary document shows the hand touching the neck of a man lying down on the side of the road.
The road construction side removed the picture of Son from the blog after being controversial about the qualification of the person. The Highway Corporation said, “As the controversy grew, we tried to find out the facts, but we couldn’t confirm the facts because we couldn’t contact Son, so we deleted them first.”
The Highway Corporation said, “I hope that the purpose of the highway righteous person established to encourage and share the righteous actions of those who saved the lives of others with a unique civic consciousness will not be damaged.”
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