Police Request Arrest Warrant for Park Kyung-seok, Former Jangjeonyeon Representative, for 'Failure to Appear'

The police have initiated a forced investigation against Park Kyung-seok, the co-executive representative of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Disability Discrimination (Jeonjangyeon), who has been leading subway delay protests.

Park Kyung-seok, Co-Executive Director of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Disability Discrimination [Image source=Yonhap News]

According to Jeonjangyeon on the 16th, the Seoul Namdaemun Police Station applied for an arrest warrant for Park on charges including violation of the Assembly and Demonstration Act the day before.

Park is suspected of conducting subway delay protests at Gyeongbokgung Station, Samgakji Station, Sinyongsan Station, and others in Seoul from May last year to January 20 of this year. The police requested Park to appear 18 times until the 13th. However, Park refused the police summons, stating that installing elevators and other facilities for the convenience of disabled people in all police stations in Seoul should take priority.

Jeonjangyeon plans to hold a press conference the following day to announce their position regarding the police's forced investigation.

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