'Illegal Assembly Leadership Charges' Yang Kyung-soo, Chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Indicted and Detained

Yang Kyung-soo, chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, is being detained by the police on the morning of the 2nd at the KCTU office in Jung-gu. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] Yang Kyung-soo, chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), who is accused of leading illegal assemblies, has been indicted.

According to the legal community on the 16th, the Criminal Division 10 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Jin Hyun-il) arrested and indicted Chairman Yang yesterday on charges of violating the Assembly and Demonstration Act and the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act.

Chairman Yang is accused of leading several illegal protests in downtown Seoul from May to July this year. Although the arrest warrant for Chairman Yang was issued on the 13th of last month, his detention was secured on the 2nd of this month after 20 days of resistance to the warrant's execution.

Chairman Yang requested a detention review from the court, but it was dismissed yesterday.

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