Release of Jeon Jang-yeon Representative Arrested While Protesting in Bus-Only Lane

Police "Comprehensive Consideration of Health Status, etc."

Park Kyung-seok (63), the representative of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon), who was arrested on charges of blocking the road including bus-only lanes for a protest, was released on the 15th, just one day after his arrest.

The police stated that after investigating Park on charges of obstruction of business and violation of the Road Traffic Act, they decided to release him "considering comprehensively the subject's current health condition, the investigation, and the secured evidence."

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A suspect detained by a citizen's arrest must either have an arrest warrant requested from the court or be released within 48 hours. During the investigation, Park complained of bedsores and was hospitalized that day.

The police arrested Park by citizen's arrest on the previous day at 2 p.m. for three minutes at a bus stop in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, on charges of blocking city buses and obstructing their operation.

Earlier, Park had occupied bus-only lanes and protested at Jongno 1-ga on the 12th and at Hyehwa-dong Rotary on the 13th. In March, he was also arrested on charges of occupying the road and obstructing train operations during a subway boarding protest but was released after one day.

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