Jeon Nam Provincial Assembly Member Choi Dong-ik Returns Home After Completing Schedule to Block Japanese Contaminated Water

The Jeonnam Provincial Council announced on the 13th that the parliamentary delegation to stop the ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear contaminated water has returned from their visit to Japan, urging the withdrawal of Japan's contaminated water discharge plan.

Choi Dong-ik, a member of the Jeonnam Provincial Council (Democratic Party of Korea, proportional representation), who was the only local council member nationwide to participate in the visit to Japan, joined the ‘Parliamentary Delegation to Stop the Ocean Discharge of Fukushima Nuclear Contaminated Water,’ composed of 10 members of the Democratic Party of Korea and independent lawmakers, and staged a sit-in protest in Japan.

Choi Dong-ik, a member of the Jeonnam Provincial Assembly, visited Japan with the "National Assembly Members Group to Stop Fukushima Nuclear Contaminated Water Ocean Dumping" and returned home after staging a sit-in protest. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Assembly

Member Choi Dong-ik stated, “From the 10th to the 12th, over a period of 2 nights and 3 days in Tokyo, Japan, the parliamentary delegation held a rally in front of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official residence on the first day of the visit and then protested at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Japan office to stop the ocean discharge of Fukushima nuclear contaminated water.”

He added, “On the 11th, we had a meeting and joint declaration announcement with the ‘Zero Nuclear Power, 100% Renewable Energy’ parliamentary group, and on the 12th, we held a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Japan and participated in a walking march to stop the ocean discharge of nuclear contaminated water.”

He further emphasized, “South Korea and Japan, which have the highest per capita annual seafood consumption in the world, are not even considered in Tokyo Electric Power Company's profit-seeking actions,” and strongly urged, “The discharge plan must be immediately withdrawn, and a nuclear fund should be established to develop alternative methods such as vaporization and solidification to treat the nuclear contaminated water.”

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