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1.) Jeong Gap-deuk, the President of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU), was arrested last Wednesday (8.20) in Pocheon (Gyeonggi-do), today's JoongAng Ilbo reported. Since 7.24 he "joined" the S.K. government's "most wanted" list of KCTU leaders (*)...

"Jeong had been wanted by police on charges of illegally interfering with businesses by leading a general strike against the government’s resumption of beef imports from the United States and plans to privatize aspects of the public sector.", the bourgeois JoongAng Ilbo wrote.

In front of KCTU's HQ: Cops are searching for the "most wanted" activists..

2.) Also last Wednesday KCTU issued a press release denouncing the ongoing repression against its leadership.

 
The statement referred to the fact that the security authorities removed the suspension banners calling for the resignation of the LMB gov't, defence of vital labour/civil rights and the dismissal of the chief of the Nat'l Police Agency from the KCTU building by mobilizing gangsters in behalf of Yeongdeungpo District Office that day.

 
Worse still, the authorities created terror-ridden atmosphere after deploying 10 companies of the riot cops around the KCTU HQ to remove the suspension banners. They committed violence against members of the organization protesting against it and threatened that they would arrest them, it said.

 
The statement said also that the gov't/police have escalated the repression against KCTU day by day as evidenced by the acts of detaining Ms. Jin Young-ok,  (Vice-President of KCTU), for "no reason" and arresting Jeong Gap-deuk (KMWU) , on "absurd charges that he spearheaded a strike"...
    

http://www.nodong.org/metabbs/metabbs.php/post/38622

* Related:

☞ Stop arrests of trade union leaders (LabourStart's urgent action alert)

☞ 금속노조 영등포경찰서 항의방문 (VoP video, 8.22)