Jeong Jeom-sik: "Treating Injured Soldiers as 'Your Son'... Perpetrator of Landmine Explosion Must Be Clarified Based on 5 Ws and 1 H"

Jeong Jeom-sik, floor leader of the People Power Party, addressed a suspected landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on September 26, stating, "Instead of treating them as 'your son' just because they were injured, I hope authorities will swiftly and clearly announce who is responsible for the landmine explosion based on the 5 Ws and 1 H (who, what, when, where, why, and how)."

On Facebook today, Floor Leader Jeong remarked, "It was President Lee Jae-myung who insisted we must prevent sayings like 'When drafted, the nation's son; when injured, your son; when dead, who are you?' from ever being uttered again," adding, "That was merely three weeks ago."

He continued, "The soldier whose ankle was severed in the DMZ landmine incident must also have been a 'son of the nation' when called to serve," adding, "Yet this country's Ministry of National Defense and the military are treating injured soldiers as 'your son.'"

Floor Leader Jeong criticized, "We already remember the person who enjoyed a round of golf while treating a Navy sailor who died after going missing in the East Sea in July like 'Who are you?'" adding, "The inconsistency between President Lee Jae-myung's words and actions is nothing new."

Earlier, on September 4, President Lee shared a post on X by Prime Minister Han Seong-sook regarding the introduction of public injury insurance for all conscripted service members, writing, "We must make sure that words like 'When drafted, the nation's son; when injured, your son; when dead, who are you?' are never spoken again."

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