Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Executive Injured in Head During Police Suppression
Police Also Injured in Shoulder and Hand
An executive of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions (KFTU) was injured during police suppression while staging a rooftop protest demanding the cessation of oppression against subcontractors at POSCO Gwangyang Steelworks.
According to the Jeonnam Provincial Police Agency on the 31st, at around 5:31 a.m., Kim, the secretary-general of the KFTU Metal Workers' Union, who was conducting a high-altitude protest on a 7-meter-tall steel structure installed on the road in front of the Gwangyang Steelworks in Jeonnam, was struck on the head by a police baton wielded by officers.
The police approached Kim using a ladder truck, and during the process of subduing him as he resisted by swinging a metal pipe and other objects, the accident occurred.
Police officers were also injured on their shoulders and hands after being hit by the metal pipe wielded by Kim.
The police explained that they subdued Kim using plastic police batons.
Kim was arrested by the police on charges including obstruction of official duties and was transferred to a hospital for treatment.
The police stated that they resorted to forced suppression because they judged there was a risk of falling and that the protest was obstructing the flow of nearby traffic.
Kim had been conducting a rooftop protest since the 29th, urging POSCO to stop unfair labor practices against subcontractors at Gwangyang Steelworks. The police also arrested Kim, the chairman of the KFTU Metal Workers' Union, on charges including obstruction of official duties for interfering with the installation of an air mattress at the protest site the previous day.
The KFTU is protesting, calling the police action a violent and excessive suppression.
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The police stated that if there is any obstruction of official duties such as assaulting police officers, they will immediately arrest the individuals on site and swiftly punish them.
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