Protest: Police quiz Sewol victims' families
/ Korea Times Photo by Lee Ji-hye
By Lee Ji-hye
Police have questioned three protesting family members of Sewol ferry disaster victims for allegedly obstructing justice on Monday.
The Jongro Police Department confirmed Tuesday that the protesters were taken in for questioning after allegedly removing a police officer's hat and pushing him during a march to the presidential office from Gwanghwamun, central Seoul.
More than 300 people died when the ferry sank on April 16 last year.
Bereaved families held a press conference on Monday, stating that the Korean government had distorted their demands.
"The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries had made our special committee incapable of carrying out a proper investigation, and confiscated our independent right to act _ therefore the bill that was passed within the assembly must be scrapped at once."
The families also demanded details of plans to salvage the ferry from the waters off Jindo, South Jeolla province.
The protesters plan to march on April 4 to the presidential office in Seoul from the group memorial altar in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, home to the students of Danwon High School who were killed in the disaster.
Candlelight vigils are also to take place before April 16, marking one year since the tragedy.