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[The Konkuk Bulletin] What We Want is an Inquiry Into The Truth!!

Suspicious deaths in the military! They aren't just its problem

Source  :  The Konkuk Bulletin, Konkuk University Campus English Press


By Hong Hyun-bin, Editor of The Konkuk Bulletin
teletubins@hanmail.net

"I got a leave of absence from the military. I will see my farther, mother and my friends in a few hours. This morning I have been in high spirits since getting up. To let in fresh air, I went out. I thought I got up earlier than any other day, but many senior comrades gather around something. Oops! There is my platoon leader and company commander, too. It seems that a serious matter happened there last night. When I went near the site of the event, I could hardly believe my eyes. I'm seeing myself who died after suffering a gunshot in chest. Ah! I could bring back my memory of swooning with a roaring sound in verbal quarrel with a senior comrade. A senior comrade suddenly shot a gun at my head. How terrible! Other comrades burnish their guns to avoid leaving fingerprints, get rid of the bloodstains on the ground and raise my body. I think they intend to shift me to somewhere..."

The truth connected with Heo Won-geun who suffered a mysterious death in the military shocked society with its absurdity. The military police announced the results of the criminal investigation that Heo did not endure cruel treatment and suicide in 1984 after all. But the Presidential Truth Commission on Suspicious Deaths(truthfinder) dug up the truth that Heo was killed by a noncommissioned officer who was drunken. With that as a beginning, suspicious death matters in the military, which have been concealed for a long while, are coming out.
¡ÜThere is no suspicion of foul play. So it is suicide???
Most suspicious deaths in the military happen like the account given in introduction. They are caused by a closed military system. Above all, the company commander and leading members have enough time to be able to fake accidents after deaths. At this time, the fact that senior officers force soldiers to conceal the truth and instruct soldiers to concoct fake alibis and evidence came to light by truthfinder. As you know, the army diary of Lee Jae-sub was delivered after a substantial delay. Also, the bereaved family could only visit the scene of the crime 2¢¦3 days later. What the bereaved family wants is not compensation or a heavy penalty for the criminals. They just want to know the cause and details pertaining to the death. After making certain of the facts, they will let go to heaven. But the military police have disregarded all sorts of suspicions which the bereaved family have raised and just announce the results of the criminal investigation that it is suicide because there is no suspicion so suspicion toward military police has worsened and people have come to have distrust toward the nation and military.

¡ÜSecurity! Security! Security that kill our beloved children(soldiers)??
All accidents that happen in the military are not always cases of suspicious death. Some accidents are suspicious death like following: ¨çA accident in which the course of investigation is not clear and fair ¨èA accident that are suspicious where bereaved families or organizations for human rights have pointed out are not clearly solved. The military authorities form a hasty conclusion of suicide, making a beloved child a fool. That military should investigate other military personnel has been impossible from the beginning. In the name of security, a soldiers' death as a man is nothing shocking to the military. The investigation concerning suspicious deaths in the military must not be confined to military police. The Ministry of National Defense must pay serious attention to the demands of bereaved families.

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