Seoul City Issues Advance Notice of Subway Station Protest Fines to Jeonjangyeon Group

On the 23rd of last month, members of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon) held a press conference at Seoul City Hall Station, urging for the disability rights budget, and attempted to board the subway, leading to a confrontation with police and Seoul Metro officials.
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Seoul City announced on the 14th that it has issued a prior notice of fines to the National Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (Jeonjangyeon) regarding their subway station protests, following a police request.

The fines are targeted at two individuals from Jeonjangyeon: Representative Park Kyung-seok and Secretary-General Park Mi-joo, each facing a fine of 3 million KRW. From the prior notice date of the 11th until the 26th, the city will receive statements from Jeonjangyeon and review the appropriateness of imposing the fines before making a final decision on the official notification.

Earlier, on the 5th, the police sent an official letter to Seoul City requesting fines against Representative Park and Secretary-General Park for violating the Railroad Safety Act. The police have been investigating Jeonjangyeon's actions during protests at City Hall Station on Seoul Subway Lines 1 and 2 last month, where approximately 1,000 stickers were placed inside the station, obstructing passenger passage. The police concluded that Jeonjangyeon violated the Railroad Safety Act and requested Seoul City, the local government managing the Seoul subway, to impose fines.

Article 49, Paragraph 1 of the Railroad Safety Act, cited by the police, states that "persons using the subway must follow the instructions given by subway staff for maintaining order." Violations result in fines of 3 million KRW for the first offense, 6 million KRW for the second, and 9 million KRW for three or more offenses.

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