"Ito Hirobumi Remarks, Sung Il-jong Resignation" Two Daejinyeon Members Arrested, Two Denied Bail After Breaking into People Power Party Headquarters

Two of the four members of the Korean University Students Progressive Union (Daejin-yeon), who stormed the People Power Party central office demanding the resignation of Assemblyman Seong Il-jong over his controversial remarks about Ito Hirobumi, have been detained.

On the 12th, Judge Han Jeong-seok of the Seoul Southern District Court Criminal Division 2 held a warrant hearing for the four Daejin-yeon members charged with violating the Assembly and Demonstration Act and joint trespassing under the Act on the Punishment of Violent Crimes. After the hearing, he issued detention warrants for two individuals, Lee and Min, citing "risk of flight."

However, Judge Han dismissed the detention requests for two other suspects, Lee and Jo, on the same charges, stating, "Considering the suspects' status, degree of involvement, criminal records, stable residence, and the principle of non-detention investigation, it is difficult to recognize the grounds and necessity for detention."

On the morning of the 9th, around 11:20 a.m., they unlawfully entered the People Power Party office in Yeongdeungpo-gu and staged a sit-in protest demanding Assemblyman Seong's resignation, chanting "Seong Il-jong must resign and leave politics."

Even after being dragged out of the party office by the police, they continued their protest without complying with dispersal orders and were all eventually arrested. The intrusion was also broadcast live on YouTube.

Assemblyman Seong sparked controversy on the 3rd during a scholarship award ceremony of the Seosan Scholarship Foundation by referring to Ito Hirobumi as "a figure who brought about a terrible situation on the Korean Peninsula and thus an unfortunate part of our history, but also a precedent of nurturing talent earlier than us (Japan)."

On the 6th, he apologized on Facebook, saying, "I sincerely regret that my analogy was inappropriate and did not reflect the intended purpose while mentioning the importance of the scholarship project."

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