Jeju Coast Guard, Special Crackdown on Human Rights Violations of Maritime Workers in the Second Half of the Year

Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] The Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency (Chief Kim Seongjong) will conduct a special crackdown on human rights violations against maritime workers from the 16th of this month to the 13th of next month.

According to Jeju Maritime Police on the 16th, despite continuous crackdowns on human rights violations against maritime workers recently, cases of victimization have not ceased. Therefore, they plan to activate the reporting of human rights violations and strengthen intelligence gathering on human rights crimes through cooperation with related organizations to focus on cracking down on human rights violators.

The main targets of the crackdown are △ abduction, sexual exploitation, confinement, and assault of disabled persons at island area fish farms △ labor exploitation, assault, and wage extortion of migrant maritime workers △ refusal to allow disembarkation of long-term fishing vessel crew members, coercion, labor exploitation, and assault.

Jeju Maritime Police conducted a special crackdown on human rights violations against maritime workers in the first half of this year, arresting 8 people in 8 cases for human rights violations such as assaulting crew members by abusing superior positions.

A Jeju Maritime Police Agency official said, “We will establish legal order through strict investigations of human rights violations that infringe on the basic rights of the people.”

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