The statement said: It is half a year since the tragedy in Ryongsan, but the truth about it has not yet been probed and the bereaved families of the dead have not yet been able to hold funerals for them.

What happened in Ryongsan was obviously a murder committed by the dictatorial regime, but no one owns responsibility for it and the prosecution and the police are brutally suppressing the actions to mourn the deaths of evacuees on charges of "illegal acts and terror", defending each other.

Lee should not turn his face away from the tragedy in Ryongsan any longer, keenly aware that people are closely watching his attitude towards the issue.

The Lee regime should opt to settle the tragedy in Ryongsan as early as possible and make a sincere apology for the killing of evacuees, if it wants to escape the people's criticism.