'Subway Operation Disruption Charge' Former Jeon Jang-yeon Representative Park Kyung-seok Sent to Prosecution

Park Kyung-seok, the representative of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon), who is accused of obstructing train operations at Samgakji Station on Seoul Subway Line 4, has been sent to the prosecution.

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On the 10th, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul announced that Park, who is suspected of train traffic obstruction, violation of the Assembly and Demonstration Act, obstruction of business, violation of the Railroad Safety Act, and violation of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act, was sent to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office without detention on the 6th.

Park is accused of holding assemblies and demonstrations that obstructed subway operations at Gyeongbokgung Station, Samgakji Station, Sinyongsan Station, and other locations on the Seoul subway from January 2021 to January this year. During this period, Park and disability activists belonging to Jeonjangyeon obstructed operations by repeatedly boarding the subway trains. The police executed an arrest warrant for Park on March 17 and conducted an investigation into the charges. Park was released one day after his arrest.

Jeonjangyeon announced on the 3rd that they would conduct publicity campaigns during daily rush hours at Hyehwa Station on Seoul Subway Line 4, but the subway security officers prevented them from boarding the trains. Jeonjangyeon stated that they will decide whether to proceed with subway delay protests by September based on whether the government includes a budget for disability mobility rights.

On the 6th, Jeonjangyeon held a press conference to disclose a letter from UN special rapporteurs expressing concern over the South Korean government's response to the disability subway protests.

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