Hyehwa Station Activist Who Slapped Police Officer's Cheek, Arrest Warrant Denied

Arrested in Flagrante for Slapping Police Officer During Protest
"No Risk of Flight or Evidence Tampering Due to Fixed Residence"

The arrest warrant for a member of the National Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (Jeonjangyeon) who slapped a police officer at Hyehwa Station on the Seoul subway was dismissed.

Seoul Central District Court, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

On the 13th, Shin Young-hee, the chief judge in charge of warrants at the Seoul Central District Court, dismissed the arrest warrant for Lee Hyung-sook, co-representative of the Seoul Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, who is accused of hitting a police officer during a subway protest. The reason for dismissal was stated as, "Considering that the suspect has a fixed residence and based on the evidence collected so far and the attitude during the interrogation, it is difficult to see any risk of flight or evidence tampering by the suspect."

On the morning of the 11th, around 8:30 a.m., Lee led a protest on the platform of Hyehwa Station on Seoul Subway Line 4. She was arrested on the spot for allegedly slapping a police officer during the process of being removed at the request of Seoul Metro, charged with obstruction of official duties.

Before the warrant hearing that day, Lee stated, "The police and Seoul Metro are pushing activists out by declaring even the morning (subway) publicity campaigns illegal," urging that the right to protest in the subway be guaranteed and that public jobs for severely disabled people in Seoul be restored to their original state.

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