Oh Se-hoon, the People Power Party candidate for Seoul mayor, said he had never been briefed on the missing rebar at GTX-A Samseong Station.
Oh said at the Seoul mayoral TV debate that began at 11 p.m. on the 28th that he was asked about the missing rebar at Samseong Station on the GTX line, saying, "I was never briefed and learned about it later from the news," and, "It's because the campaign began while my duties were suspended."
Kwon Young-guk of the Justice Party asked during the debate whether Oh had been briefed on the missing rebar at GTX-A Samseong Station. Oh responded, "I was not briefed," adding, "In fact, this was not an accident; Hyundai Engineering & Construction reported the truth while construction was in full swing."
Oh said, "The reason (Hyundai Engineering & Construction) reported it is because I made CCTV at construction sites mandatory," adding, "The Korea Rail Network Authority and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recognized that it was safe through reinforcement work and conducted 90 trial runs from May."
He continued, "Conducting trial runs means they concluded on the premise that operations would be safe," adding, "But out of the blue, as the campaign turned unfavorable, the Democratic Party led the charge in raising the issue. This is not something to worry about because it can still be fully fixed."