Park Gyeong-seok, the head of the National Unity for the Elimination of Discrimination against People with Disabilities (Jeon Jang-yeon), was arrested for which an arrest warrant was issued for not complying with the police’s request to appear.
On the 17th, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul arrested Park after serving an arrest warrant while holding a press conference in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Jongno-gu, Seoul at around 11:50 am. Representative Park made a direct request at the press conference that day, “As soon as the conference is over, I will request the execution of (the arrest warrant) as issued by the Seoul District Court.”
Instead of a police escort vehicle, CEO Park boarded a vehicle marked “Seoul Disabled Bus” and arrived at the Namdaemun Police Station in Jung-gu, Seoul at around 12:20. Before the investigation, CEO Park said, “The law must be fair. “I feel heavy and sad about the reality of such an unequal execution,” he said, adding, “I will be well investigated.”
On the 16th, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul issued an arrest warrant for Park, who led a subway protest on her way to and from work at subway stations in downtown Seoul. From January 2021 to last January, CEO Park is accused of disrupting train operation by holding boarding assemblies or demonstrations at Shinyongsan Station, Samgakji Station, and Gyeongbokgung Station on the Seoul Subway (violating the Assembly and Display Act, obstructing train traffic, disruption of business). ) is accepted.
Police have asked Park to attend 18 times, but Park has maintained her position that she will voluntarily appear before police if she promises to install facilities for the disabled, such as elevators, at police stations in downtown Seoul .
