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Today's Hankyoreh reported the following:

Court suspends deportation of MTU's chairperson

A court suspended Wednesday an execution of the Immigration Office ordering the departure of Michel Catuira, chairperson of the Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants’ Trade Union (MTU) in South Korea.

The 12th Division of the Seoul Administrative Court has accepted the 39-year-old Filipino national’s request for suspension of administrative measure execution with the Korea Immigration Service that has told Catuira that he must leave the country by Mar. 7 or become undocumented and subject to forcible deportation. The court suspended the execution until the original administrative suit Catuira filed to nullify the cancellation of the visa and deportation order.

South Korea’s immigration authorities cancelled Catuira’s visa on Feb. 14 as the company Catuira worked for had to shut down due to a work shortage and became jobless.

Amnesty International believes Catuira has been targeted for his role in the MTU.　

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/466250.html

Well, that's a first victory for the struggle against crackdown, deportation and the policy of oppression against MTU! But it's also a great success of the current int'l solidarity campaign(*)!

Y'day in Hong Kong:

Solidarity rally in front of the S.K. consulate

* Int'l solidarity, latest examples:
☞ IMWU&FMWU(HKCTU) Joint Statement (MTU, 3.03)
☞ Defend Michel Catuira! (LaborNet Asia, 2.25)