South Korea ferry disaster: students testify in captain's murder trial

Survivors say they were told to stay put as water rushed into their cabins in disaster that killed more than 300 people

Student survivors of South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster, testifying in the murder trial of the captain and crew, recalled being repeatedly told to stay put as the ship was sinking.

The student who took the video option described how passengers suddenly slid to one side as the ferry listed heavily.

The 6,825-tonne Sewol passenger ferry capsized on 16 April off South Korea's southern coast. Of the 476 people on board, 325 were Dawon hiThe crew were also condemned for ordering the passengers to remain where they were when the ship began listing. A handful of crew members who stayed and tried to guide passengers to safety were among those who died.

Lee and his crew were publicly vilified in the wake of the tragedy, and there have concerns about the possibility of a fair trial with emotions still running high.gh school pupils on an organised outing. Only 75 students survived.