Bereaved relatives of victims of last year’s devastating Halloween crush in Seoul and their supporters demanded an independent investigation into the disaster as they marked the anniversary with a massive memorial service.
In a speech, Lee Jeong-min, a representative for the families, urged Mr Yoon to support efforts to legislate a special law to open an independent investigation into the disaster. The victims’ families said they had invited Mr Yoon to the memorial ceremony, but he instead visited a Seoul church to attend a service for the victims.
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