They hope people will stop bringing further pain to family members.
Koreaboo
Recently, a telephone conversation between Han Shin Parkthe representative of the families of the victims of Jeju water plane crash and his daughter was exposed online.
Daughter: Dad, do you really have to do this? The representative?
Park: Why? Are there a lot of harmful comments?
Daughter: Can’t you do it?
Park: Because what did they say?
Daughter: Yes… they say you are an impostor…
Park: Stop crying and talk.
Daughter: My heart hurts so much…
No matter what they say, he’s my little brother. My brother went to Heaven and I’m doing this for him. I won’t let those malicious comments get in the way of my brother’s ouster… I will do everything I can, even if it’s hard. My brother Byeong Gon would have done the same if I had been in an accident.
—Park Han Shin
Don’t cry, daughter. Just let it go. If I collapse now, I won’t be able to send my brother away. Don’t cry. I have to do it. I have to do it no matter what because it’s my brother’s last. I have to do it, no matter how hard it is. Don’t cry, daughter.
—Park Han Shin
Park, who took the lead in representing the families of the victims, revealed that his younger brother had died as a result of the accident.
However, netizens felt that he was lying as they did not find his brother’s name in the list of victims.
- “I saw the list and it’s really strange… wow… he’s a member of the Democratic Party of Korea.”
- “Park Han Shin said he lost his brother, Park Hyeong Gon, in the plane crash, but there is no one with that name on the list. What is the identity of this person who takes the lead as a representative?”
With this, Park’s daughter made a post online revealing that her father’s brother’s name was Park Byoung Gon and not Park Hyeong Gon.
He expressed his frustration over the rumors and asked not to take the issue politically and see it as it is.
“Hi. I am the daughter of Jeju Air crash victim representative Park Han Shin. I am writing this because I am frustrated by the rumors spreading online.
Some say that we are fake family members of the accident victims, but this is not true. My father’s brother, who is my uncle, died following the accident. People say his name is Park Hyoung Gon, but his name is Park Byoung Gon.
I don’t know how these false rumors started and I am so frustrated to see the words scam and false used about my father, who lost his brother. I’m so worried that something will happen to my dad because of this.
I hope people stop hurting grieving families further.”
Previously, on the morning of December 29, Jeju water Flight 2216 flying from Bangkok, Thailand to Muan, South Korea crashed after landing on its belly and veering off the runway.
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