Tractor Entered Gwanghwamun... Police Clash During Towing Process

One Rally Participant Arrested for Assaulting Police Officer

Police clashed with rally participants while towing tractors and trucks from the National Peasants' Federation (Jeonnong) that had entered downtown Seoul.

On the 26th, in Jahamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, a group calling for impeachment is staging a sit-in to prevent the police from towing tractors belonging to the National Peasants' Federation (Jeonnong). The tractors are surrounded by police buses. Photo by Yonhap News.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced on the 26th that they had towed one tractor and one truck that had entered Gwanghwamun in the morning.

During the towing operation, police deployed riot squads and forklifts, and one participant from the pro-impeachment rally was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer.

The area around Namtaeryeong, where the Jeonnong tractor rally began, has seen normal traffic flow since around 7:40 a.m. as the rally dispersed.

A police official stated, "We plan to take strict legal action against the organizers and others responsible for the illegal activities of the farmers' group."

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