韓國渡輪船長及船員出庭受審

Nearly two months after South Korea's ferry disaster killed over 300 people, the captain and crew who abandoned the ship are standing trial on charges including murder.

Ferry captain Lee Joon-seok and three crew members are charged with "homicide through willful negligence" and face a possible death sentence. Eleven other crew members face lesser negligence charges.

The defendants appeared Tuesday before a court in Gwangju. The southwest city is not far from where the Sewol ferry sunk, killing mostly high school students who were headed to a nearby resort island.

Dozens of mourning parents and family members attended the hearing. Some scuffled with court officials before the proceedings. One relative held a sign that said, "You are not human, you are beneath animals."在韓國發生導致3百多人死亡的渡輪翻沉事故將近兩個月後，棄船逃生的渡輪船長和船員即將受審，被控罪名包括謀殺。

渡輪船長李俊錫和其他三名船員被控犯有瀆職致死罪，可能面臨死刑。還有11名船員被控較輕的瀆職罪。

被告們星期二將在光州一家法院出庭受審。位於韓國西南部的光州市距離發生“歲月號”渡輪翻沉事故的地點不遠。這起事故的大多數死難者是前往附近一個度假島嶼的高中生。

數十名死難學生的父母和其他家人旁聽了庭審，其中一些人在開庭前與法院官員發生肢體衝突。一名死難者家屬舉着標語牌，上面寫着“你們不是人，你們連畜生都不如”。