Present there were workers, university professors, religionists, lawyers, university students, high school students, bereaved families of Ryongsan disaster and opposition party officials, 416 in all.

A press conference was held that day.

Then a press release was read out.

It said that they would stage actions together with bereaved families at Kwanghwamun plaza till the day when a special law with the independent rights to investigate and indict those responsible for the disaster is instituted.

It demanded the "National Assembly" immediately come out for renegotiations and the "government" make a decision to institute a special law.

It noted that they would stage a people's strike till August 16, hold demonstrations and candlelight rallies, a 10 million-people signature campaign and other actions in different parts of Seoul in demand of the institution of a special law on probing the truth about the disaster.