Probe into truth behind killing of civilians called for
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- The All-People Committee for Probing the Truth Behind the Killing of Civilians Before and After the Korean War and Their Reinstatement held a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 27 demanding a probe into the truth behind the killing of civilians, according to Yonhap News. The organization in a press release claimed as many as 1 million civilians were killed by the U.S. Forces, the South Korean army and police before and after the war.Nevertheless, the authorities have kept mum about the massacre of innocent civilians in the past and even the "National Assembly" has not yet discussed the "law on probing the truth behind the killing of civilians before and after the war and reinstating them," it noted.
Holding that the probe is the first step to prevent the repeated violation of human rights, the organization demanded the "national commission on human rights" actively engage in the work.
Meanwhile, the organization declared that it plans to strongly demand the "Government" and the "National Assembly" enact a related law while going ahead with the probe through the holding of a rally of the all-people committee to urge the settlement of the issue of the killing of civilians before and after the Korean War and achieve a legislation on it and the presentation of the second collective petition next month.
