Heartbreaking Conversation Between Bereaved Family Of Jeju Air Plane Crash

Recently, a phone conversation between Park Han Shin, the representative of the family members of the victims of the Jeju Air plane crash, and his daughter was exposed online.

Daughter: Dad, do you really have to do it? The representative?

Park: Why? Are there are a lot malicious comments?

Daughter: Can you not do it?

Park: Why what did they say?

Daughter: Yes…they are saying you are a fraud…

Park: Stop crying and talk.

Daughter: My heart hurts so much…

No matter what they say, he is my younger brother. My brother has gone to Heaven and I am doing this for him. I’m not going to let those malicious comments get in the way of sending my brother off… I am going to do whatever I can even if it’s tough. My brother Byeong Gon would’ve done the same if I had been the one in an accident.

— Park Han Shin

Don’t cry, daughter. Just let it go. If I break down now, I won’t be able to send my brother off. Don’t cry. I have to do it. I have to do it no matter what because it’s my brother’s last. I have to do it no matter how hard it is. Don’t cry, daughter.

— Park Han Shin

Park, who took the lead in representing the families of the victims, revealed that his younger brother had passed from the accident.

However, netizens felt he was lying as they did not find his brother’s name on the list of victims.

• “I saw the list and it’s really strange…wow…he is a member of the Democratic Party of Korea.”
• “Park Han Shin said he lost his brother, Park Hyeong Gon, in the plane crash, but there is no one by that name on the list. What is the identity of this person who is taking the lead as the representative?”

With this, Park’s daughter made a post online revealing that her father’s brother’s name was Park Byoung Gon and not Park Hyeong Gon.

She expressed her frustration regarding the rumors and pleaded to not take this matter politically and to see it just as it is.

“Hello. I am the daughter of Jeju Air plane crash victim representative Park Han Shin. I am writing this because I am frustrated by the rumors spreading online.

Some are saying that we are fake family members of the victims of the crash, but this is not true. My father’s brother, who is my uncle, has passed away from the crash. People say his name is Park Hyoung Gon, but his name is Park Byoung Gon.

I don’t know how these fake rumors came about, and I am so frustrated seeing the words scam and fake being used about my father, who has lost his brother. I am so worried that something will happen to my father because of this.

I hope that people will stop giving more hurt to the bereaved families.”

Previously, on the morning of December 29, Jeju Air Flight 2216 flying from Bangkok, Thailand to Muan, South Korea crashed after landing on its belly and veering off of the runway.

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