South Korea ferry trial: Sewol Capt Lee was 'confused'
He
captain of the South Korean ferry that sank in April has said he was in a very
"confused" state during the incident, as he started giving evidence
in his trial.
More than three hundred people died, most of them schoolchildren, when the Sewol passenger ferry capsized.Lee Joon-seok, 69, is charged with negligent homicide - a crime punishable by death in South Korea.The trial, being held in the city of Gwangju, began in June.
The BBC's Stephen Evans in Gwangju said Capt Lee repeatedly told the court that he was confused and not in his normal state of mind when the ship began to sink on 16 April.Capt Lee said he had ordered the ship to be abandoned but that the order was not followed. The prosecutors say this contradicts what he had previously told the police.
Investigators have said a combination of cargo overloading, illegal modification of the vessel and inexperienced helmsmanship was behind the disaster.
A less-experienced crew member was steering the ship when it made a sharp turn causing it to list sharply to one side.The parents of some of the teenagers who died during the incident have been attending the trial.Our correspondent said throughout the trial, relatives of the deceased teenagers have intervened, often with wails of anguish mixed with anger.Eleven other members of the crew are also facing trial on lesser charges.A separate trial is under way for officials of the company that operated the ferry Chonghaejin Marine Co.The billionaire businessman
Yoo Byung-eun, the owner of the company, went missing shortly after the disaster and was later found dead.The incident sparked widespread grief and anger in South Korea.
More than three hundred people died, most of them schoolchildren, when the Sewol passenger ferry capsized.Lee Joon-seok, 69, is charged with negligent homicide - a crime punishable by death in South Korea.The trial, being held in the city of Gwangju, began in June.
The BBC's Stephen Evans in Gwangju said Capt Lee repeatedly told the court that he was confused and not in his normal state of mind when the ship began to sink on 16 April.Capt Lee said he had ordered the ship to be abandoned but that the order was not followed. The prosecutors say this contradicts what he had previously told the police.
Investigators have said a combination of cargo overloading, illegal modification of the vessel and inexperienced helmsmanship was behind the disaster.
A less-experienced crew member was steering the ship when it made a sharp turn causing it to list sharply to one side.The parents of some of the teenagers who died during the incident have been attending the trial.Our correspondent said throughout the trial, relatives of the deceased teenagers have intervened, often with wails of anguish mixed with anger.Eleven other members of the crew are also facing trial on lesser charges.A separate trial is under way for officials of the company that operated the ferry Chonghaejin Marine Co.The billionaire businessman
Yoo Byung-eun, the owner of the company, went missing shortly after the disaster and was later found dead.The incident sparked widespread grief and anger in South Korea.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29519521
Who-Capt Lee
When-7 October 2014
What-He said he was in a very confused state during the incident.
Why-not given
Where-Gwangju
How-a crime punishable by death
Keywords
1.capsize:使翻覆
2.negligent :不在意的
3.homicide:殺人犯
4.prosecutor:檢察官
5.contradict:否認
6. helmsmanship:掌舵者
7 .correspondent:通訊記者
1.capsize:使翻覆
2.negligent :不在意的
3.homicide:殺人犯
4.prosecutor:檢察官
5.contradict:否認
6. helmsmanship:掌舵者
7 .correspondent:通訊記者
Pray for casualties. First, the ship should not overload just because they wanted to earn more money. Second, it went too far that the crew didn't fasten the cargo so that when the ship made a turn, the ship couldn't suffer. Third, the captain even gave up the ship and all the passengers. In this incident, we can see that the wrongs people made are more terrible the nature made. :)
回覆刪除According to above, we can find that people who died in this thing were mostly schoolchildren, it might because they were taught to follow instruction from adults no matter what happened. They couldn't decide themselves when the ship was capsized due to overload. Finally, they were mostly died.
回覆刪除We can learn one thing from the accident. That is adjusting to changing circumstances. Be cautious when you decide to take the ferry next time because there were too many incidents about ferries took place.
回覆刪除I think the captain was not responsible. Everyone should be responsible for his or her job. If the captain had been responsible for his job, there would not have been so many people killed.
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