'Hunger Strike Against Police Bureau' Union Police Officer Transferred to Hospital

On the afternoon of the 13th, Min Gwan-gi, chairman of the workplace council at Cheongju Heungdeok Police Station in Chungbuk, who was on a hunger strike opposing the establishment of the Police Bureau in front of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety at Government Sejong 2 Complex in Sejong City, lost consciousness and was being transported to the hospital.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Min Gwan-gi, chairman of the Cheongju Heungdeok Police Station Workplace Council in Chungbuk, who has been on a hunger strike opposing the establishment of the Police Bureau under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, was transferred to a hospital on the 13th.

Min was moved to a nearby hospital around 3 p.m. that day after showing abnormal health symptoms while continuing his hunger strike in front of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety building in Sejong City. Since the 5th, Min had been on a hunger strike, stating that "the plan to establish the Police Bureau under the Ministry of the Interior and Safety is a revival of the former Security Headquarters of the Ministry of Home Affairs and a regression to anti-democratic bureaucratism that goes against the times."

Min originally planned to continue his hunger strike until the 15th, when the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's final plan was to be announced. After reviewing the final plan, he intended to decide whether to continue the hunger strike, but he could not endure beyond the ninth day of the strike.

Meanwhile, Yoon Hee-geun, the nominee for Commissioner General of the National Police Agency, who is self-isolating due to a COVID-19 diagnosis, is reported to have communicated directly with the workplace council representatives early next week.

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