Mayor Yudonggyun of Mapo-gu, who fasted for 8 days, discharged after 3-day hospital stay

Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo District, expressed his intention to end his eight-day fast at the on-site mayor's office set up in the district office plaza at 2 p.m. on the 17th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] After the government unilaterally announced a housing construction plan for about 6,220 households in the Sangam-dong area of Seoul, Mapo-gu Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun, who had been on a hunger strike for eight days, was admitted to a hospital in Sinchon on the afternoon of the 17th to recover from the aftereffects of the hunger strike until the morning of the 19th.

According to Mapo-gu on the afternoon of the 19th, Mayor Yoo issued a statement at 2 p.m. on the 17th at the ‘On-site Mayor’s Office’ in front of the main gate plaza of Mapo-gu Office regarding the housing supply plan for about 6,200 households in the Sangam-dong area. He proposed “forming a ‘four-party consultative body’ involving the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Seoul City, Mapo-gu, and local residents to establish a ‘Comprehensive Plan for the Sangam-dong Area’ suited to the characteristics of the region, and to prepare the optimal plan through sufficient discussion.”

Mayor Yoo maintained a position of actively agreeing with the government’s real estate policy direction after the government announced the housing supply plan on the 4th, but expressed concern and regret that “the policy was announced without prior consultation with Mapo-gu,” and lamented that “due to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s unilateral announcement, all housing projects (including public housing) that Mapo-gu had been promoting, such as MH Mapo Housing, are now at risk of being halted.”

Subsequently, Mayor Yoo was admitted to a hospital in Sinchon to recover his health after eight days of hunger strike.

Following requests from local residents asking him to stop the hunger strike to avoid further harm to his health, he was admitted to the hospital in Sinchon on the same day and was discharged on the morning of the 19th.

At the time of admission, Mayor Yoo said, “With the COVID-19 situation becoming serious, continuing the hunger strike seems problematic,” and asked his staff to “carry out COVID-19 prevention measures without any shortcomings even while I am hospitalized.”

Although Mayor Yoo’s health was not fully restored due to the eight-day hunger strike, he was discharged because of the COVID-19 situation and is expected to resume normal duties starting from the 20th.

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