Four Public Transport Union Members Arrested While Trying to Enter City Hall to Request Meeting with Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon

On-the-spot Arrest for Obstruction of Official Duties

On the 17th, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul arrested four members of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union, affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, on the spot while they were attempting to enter the City Hall building to request a meeting with Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, and they are currently under investigation.

Rally site. [Photo provided by the Joint Countermeasures Committee for the Abolition of Seosawon and Expansion of Public Care]

These individuals are accused of obstructing official duties after clashing with the police while trying to enter City Hall during a rally held on the east side of Seoul City Hall in protest against the passage of an ordinance to suspend support for the Seoul Social Service Agency (Seosa-won) that morning.

It is reported that they attempted to enter the building demanding a meeting with Mayor Oh.

The Seoul Social Service Agency is a city-funded institution providing care services such as long-term care, support for activities of persons with disabilities, and childcare, but the support ordinance was abolished by the City Council last month.

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