- News of the second week -
▣ At the National Assembly
- Based on
the victims’ final agreement, step up to meet the members of the assembly.
- Meet at the
emergency on-line meeting at 8 every evening, report activities of the day,
schedule the next day, and put it in action.
- Interview
arranged and done with Hong Meeyoung, and Gang Changil on 16th.
- Who went to
the assembly? : Kim Insung, Choi Bongtae, Seo Gangseok, Goh Ilgook, Yeo
Woontaek, Cheon Jungsoon, Gang Changshik, Lee Yoonjae, Kim
Bona
▣ Finally, a subcommittee held on 19th, answering
our long hard try!!!!
- 10 A.M. at the
conference hall of the committee of the autonomy administration
- bills under discussion: government bill, assembly members’
bill, a bill for amending the truth law
▣ Present situation of the Signature-collection of
related to the lawsuits
- Gwangju
Bereaved Families’ association(total more than 210+ persons, Hong Wonhee, Park
Jangsoo, Kim Hyeok and more people joined), Kim Chungyong 180 persons, on-line
30~40 persons, and the undefined 50+ persons, total at least 460 persons.
▣ Statement to the judge 1
- Related to Mitsubishi case
Dear judge Lee
Seungho, District Court of Busan
In August 24, 1945, at about 5:20, Japan lost the Pacific
war, and 7,500 forcibly mobilized Koreans got aboard the war vessel, Ukishimamaru(4,570ton), in Aomori. They were to head for
Busan, Korea. But Ukishimamaru was set up with explosive substances, and it
blew up with sudden explosion around Maitsuru, Kyoto, and about 6,000 were
killed.
But Japanese did not refloat the vessel, but announced
falsely that the casualties were 524. And in 1954, they pulled up the
9-long-year neglected vessel in order to sell it as scrap iron.
Japan as a defeated nation still injured Koreans even
after the war ended. Yet it has done nothing about it, but just made up and
fabricated the truth.
Ukishimamaru had to bring back the Koreans to their
mother country safely. But the vessel with 7,500 of them sank, but they never
investigated properly, nor pulled it up out of the water, or tried to find out the
list of the boarded people, the list of the dead, the injured, or the lost.
This surely shows that they want to put this case in veil, and avoid
examination. And I also condemn Korean government for dereliction of its duty.
Ukishimamaru incident occurred after August 15, 1945
which is specified in the Korea Japan agreement. The Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee Of Korean National Assembly, said, “According to the
document, ‘number 9700010-2002-17' Ukishimamaru explosion incident occurred
after August 15, 1945, so it is not applied the Korean Japan agreement which
was concluded on 1965, so if the conditions needed for making them to take the
responsibilities are proved, it could be the case enough that their compensations
or reparations are asked."
These kinds of unsolved incidents are so many.
Mitsubishi case can be the one that can handle the steer to the right direction
and fix brutality during the rule of Japanese imperialism. Judge righteously,
so Japanese government and the enterprises come back to their senses, make the
enterprises to apologize and perform their responsibilities.
Our dark history can not be erased, but we can try it
won’t happen again. And it’s what we must do. We must fix the wrong past. And
now I ask the judge, through Mitsubishi case, give a chance to the Japanese enterprise
which committed war crimes.
January 7,
2007
Committee
for Reparation for Ukishimamaru
Convenor Han Youngyong
▣ Statement to the judge 2(summary, and parts)
- related to Posco case
Dear judge Joh Meeok,
Central District Court of Seoul
I
am Kim Bona, the secretary of the Citizen's
Truth Solidarity of the Forced Mobilization under the Japanese Imperialism. And
this letter is about the statement that the defense counsel made on the 21st of
December last year that Posco did send an official document to me.
Our
solidarity sent Posco official documents, questionnaires, written requests, and
so on about 10 times, plus we met them in face, handed our requests, and we did
not forget to ask for answers. And it’s all from last April.
And
we surely never got any answer from Posco. IF it’s possible to call paper ‘official
document’ which has no official seal, sender’s name, or receiver’s name, or
anything like that, but just contents, yes, we did received their official documents,
not once, but twice-and they both had exactly same contents.
We
interviewed the persons concerned of Posco, but doubt if they were sincere.
Through the methods of interviews, official documents, and gatherings at the
tall Posco building, the victims asked “Shoulder your responsibility, donate to
the fund for the victims” and Posco answered “We educate the new employees that
Posco was built with the blood of our ancestors. To establish a fund is the
government’s responsibility. Only if they do, we are ready to donate.” We again
demanded “You should inform the high-level. Let us participate in your
stockholders’ general meeting, and give us a chance to speak there. Send word
to the government that you are ready to donate if they establish a fund. Take
an action to make the new Japanese Iron
Manufacture perform their responsibilities,” but months later, we found out that they only informed
just one of the board, and that was it. We also asked several times to send us
an official document of promise that they would donate if the government
establish a fund. But Posco refused.
I
advised that they at least send an official document saying, “It’s not
appropriate for us to answer, so we refuse to answer,” and it’s rather courteous
to the victims than no answer at all. But they refused this as well. (I reckon
the defense counsel mentioned ‘courteous’ because of my such remark) I added,
“Your paper did not have the stamp, it doesn’t show who sends it, and to whom
it is sent. Can you call it an official document? Just take my words if you
want the victims to stay cool.” And they said “You’re not a body corporate, we
have no obligation to answer.” And I said “Even the government sends us
answers,” but this was ignored, too.
Posco
could be built using the claimed funds
supposed to be given to the victims, and has grown to be what they are now. And
while they do admit that the funds were price of the victims’ blood, their
behavior is nothing but unacceptable, and ungrateful. While Posco was fast
growing to be one of the foremost enterprises of the world using their money,
the victims have been dying from aftereffects from the forced labor, watching Posco’s
growth without enough money to get medical care. While Posco accumulates their
power, the victims demonstrated filling their empty stomachs on streets, and
they knocked on the doors of courts in Japan. But the courts judged “All
finished with the Korea-Japan agreement.” Posco is one of the reasons the
victims hear this at the courts in Japan.
Watching Posco, composed
with the blood, sweat, lives, tears, sighs, and departed souls of the victims, does nothing but regards the new
Japanese Iron Manufacture which committed war crimes as ‘father’ and attends
upon them, I think the victims probably are international stray children to both
of Korean and Japanese government and enterprises. (omission
of the following part)
I
became the secretary because of my grandmother who still doesn’t think of
taking a short rest even though she is old, hard of hearing, and having wobbling
voice. And it’s all because her husband was deprived of his life at Japanese
war, and because she herself had to live her long life after losing her
husband. For the victims with deep pain whether it’s weaker or stronger than my
grandmother’s, I wish Posco, OUR enterprise, do the right thing as much as one
tear drop that the victims shed. And if they refuse it, I make a request earnestly
to you, judge that by the power of justice of Korean judicature, please make them do the right thing.
8th.
January. 2007. Kim Bona
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