Loud Noise on Bus via Loudspeaker... Jeonjangyeon Activist Caught in the Act

A member of the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Jeonjangyeon) was arrested on the spot by the police for loud disturbance while holding a loudspeaker on a bus.

On the morning of the 25th, activists from the National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities are boarding a low-floor bus at a bus stop near the National Human Rights Commission in Jung-gu, Seoul, during the 17th Bus Action. [Image source=Yonhap News]

According to the police on the 25th, the Hyehwa Police Station in Seoul arrested Lee Hyung-sook, co-representative of the Seoul Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities, on the spot around 12 p.m. at a bus stop in front of Marronnier Park in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on charges of obstruction of business.

Co-representative Lee is accused of obstructing bus operation by promoting the mobility rights of persons with disabilities to passengers on bus number 160 heading to Marronnier Park, despite objections from the bus driver and police.

Earlier, Jeonjangyeon filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission in front of the National Human Rights Commission building in Jung-gu, Seoul, claiming that a city bus driver refused to allow a person with a disability to board the bus.

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