Police Request Arrest Warrant for Yang Kyung-soo, Chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Over 'Illegal Rally Enforcement' (Update)

Yang Kyung-soo, chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, who pushed ahead with the July 3 National Workers' Rally despite the quarantine authorities' demands to cancel the gathering, is appearing on the 4th at Jongno Police Station in Seoul for a summons investigation. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The police have applied for an arrest warrant against Yang Kyung-soo, the chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), who organized a large-scale rally in downtown Seoul on the 3rd of last month.

According to the police on the 6th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's July 3 Illegal Demonstration Investigation Headquarters filed for an arrest warrant against Chairman Yang on charges of violating the Assembly and Demonstration Act and the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

The KCTU held a nationwide workers' rally with an estimated 8,000 participants (according to the organizers) in the Jongno-gu area of Seoul on the 3rd of last month. Subsequently, three participants in the rally tested positive for COVID-19. The health authorities stated that these individuals were confirmed infected through local transmission, not at the rally itself.

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