The SBS ‘I want to know’, which aired the other day (26th), focused on the ‘Yoon Se-joon disappearance in Japan’ who went missing while backpacking in Japan last June.
Yoon Se-jun, a 26-year-old social worker, went on a backpacking trip to Japan on May 9 before leaving the welfare center and looking for a new job.
He decided to travel abroad for a break and headed to Japan with a plan to backpack for about a month alone.
However, on June 8, around 8:00 p.m., about a month into the trip, Mr. Yoon called his sister and said, “I’m on my way to the accommodation, but it’s raining, windy, and dark. It’s scary.” I have to go,” he said.
And since he texted me at about 9:26 that he had arrived safely at his lodging, he stopped answering calls and checking texts.
His travel visa has already expired, and he has not shown any significant response for 80 days.
After that, Yoon’s older sister reported her missing to the police. As the report was also received at the consulate, the Japanese police investigated.
At the time of his disappearance, Sejun was traveling in Kushimoto Town, Wakayama Prefecture, Osaka, Japan, where there are not many tourists.
Arriving in Kushimoto-cho on June 7, Sejun spent the day at a guest house in Shionomisaki Village, spent time in downtown Kushimoto-cho the next day, took a bus heading toward Shionomisaki Village at 8:00 PM, and got off in front of the post office.
Local residents said that where Sejun got off, there were no facilities such as inns where he could stay.
In fact, even during the police investigation, Sejun’s last stay could not be found.
As a result of inquiring at all accommodations within an hour’s distance from where Sejun got off, no one remembered Sejun.
Several hypotheses have been put forward.
Acquaintances mentioned the possibility먹튀검증 that Mr. Sejun got lost.
He could have misunderstood the route because he was poor at reading Japanese and had poor eyesight.
An expert mentioned the possibility of a traffic accident, but a nearby hospital said no foreigner or unknown patient had entered.
Some residents raised the possibility of Yoon’s death by slipping.
In Kushimoto, which is known as a holy place for fishing, drowning accidents often occur.
One resident said, “There are people who go missing once or twice a year. It’s good luck if you get it, and there are many people who can’t find it. It is not found on the deeper side.”
The bus driver who picked up Sejun on the morning of the accident said, “I asked him why he had come to this place. Then he replied in Japanese that he came because he liked the sea.”
A local expert said of Kushimoto-cho, “The land is low and the seaside rocks are well developed. When the tide goes down, you can walk around, but when the tide goes up, people often get into accidents.” explained.
Meanwhile, it was found that the Japanese police did not track the location of Sejun’s cell phone for two months after he went missing.
Pyo Chang-won said, “The key to the disappearance case is location confirmation. The most accurate way is a cell phone. It is an unsuitable zero for a police disappearance investigation anywhere in the world. It is surprising and shocking,” he said. “Even if you only confirmed the location as quickly as possible, even if only the last surviving location was confirmed, you can start from there. If so, you might have found it by now. I feel sorry for that and I am angry.”