"Give Me Money" Chilling Red Paint on Apartment Exterior Under Construction

Workers "Give us back pay" high-altitude protest
Safely brought down after police persuasion and secured safety

A worker is staging a high-altitude protest demanding unpaid wages at an apartment construction site in Banwol-dong, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi Province.

According to the Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters, at around 11:30 a.m. on the 24th, a 119 emergency call was received reporting that a person was hanging on the exterior wall of an apartment building in Banwol-dong, Hwaseong-si.

On the 24th, the head of a painting company was protesting while hanging on the exterior wall at an apartment construction site in Banwol-dong, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi Province.
[Photo by Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters]

The dispatched fire authorities found Mr. A hanging from a rope connected to the rooftop on the exterior wall of a 14-story apartment building, where most of the exterior work had been completed.

The protesting man, Mr. A, is reported to be the representative of a painting subcontractor hired by the main contractor of the apartment. He is staging the protest by descending the apartment exterior wall and painting the words "Give me money" in red paint.

The actual existence and amount of the unpaid wages have not yet been confirmed. The police and fire authorities prepared for any emergencies by installing air mattresses around the exterior wall.

Mr. A ended his protest by coming down to the ground on his own at around 3:22 p.m.

It is understood that Mr. A came down to the ground after being persuaded by the police crisis negotiation team. The police reportedly stayed close to Mr. A during the high-altitude protest to safely convince him to come down.

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