Kaban ni D_BystandeR: HANAP ANG HUSTISYA SA MGA NABIKTIMA SA TRAHEDYA SA BARKO
Reading
the column of Atty. Frank stressing the desperate experience of a juinior
masscom student of Fr. Urios College in Butuan City who lost her dad in the
sinking of a passenger ship M/V "Thomas Aquinas" of the 2GO Shipping
after it was rammed by a cargo ship owned by Sulpicio Lines (it assumed another
company name after a series of sea tragedies) on August 16, 2013 in the sea
waters off Talisay City left me a lump in my throat and pain in my heart to
learn of the glaring harsh realities of a comparison made between the kind of
justice our government has as compared to that of the government of South Korea
where the ship's captain and members of his entire crew were immediately
arrested and put behind bars to make them accountable in the ongoing
investigation of a sea tragedy that claimed 500 lives of High School students
and teachers amid the angry cries of their grieving parents.
What
looks so outrageously inefficient in their criminal negligence is that more
than 8 months after the accident, our government authorities trying the case
are still clueless in announcing the verdict of their investigation to the
detriment of the poor victims' relatives who up to now are still waiting and
thirst for justice!
Footnote:
The above comment came out in connection with Atty.
Frank Malilong's column in Sunstar entitled, "Sense of shame."
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