South Korea Confirms It Sent Wrong Bodies to Families of Ferry Victims

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South Korea Confirms It Sent Wrong Bodies to Families of Ferry Victims
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The South Korean government admitted that it sent the wrong bodies to families of those who died in the recent Sewol ferry accident (http://mashable.com/2014/04/16/south-korea-sunk-ferry-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) that killed at least 183 and left 119 missing but believed dead, according to several reports.

On occasion, families discovered the bodies had been misidentified only after they saw the ferry victims at a funeral home

See also: South Korea President: Ferry Captain's Actions Were Like 'Murder' (http://mashable.com/2014/04/21/ferry-captain-act-of-murder/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


The South Korean government's emergency task force an**unced a new plan to ensure that ** additional bodies were misidentified, according to*The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/25/south-korea-ferry-remains-dead-wrong-families). The government will permanently transfer bodies to families only after a victim has been identified through DNA testing, dental records or fingerprinting. Government officials will still deliver bodies based on physical descriptions and any identification found on a person, but those transfers are subject to retraction pending scientific verification. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/25/south-korea-ferry-bodies/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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