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Today (11.28) semi-official (of course bourgeois) news agency Yonhap wrote this:

Religious groups call for probe into death of farmer

South Korea's religious groups on Monday called for a thorough investigation into the death of a farmer who collapsed from brain injuries last week after attending a rally opposing further opening of the country's rice market.

Human rights panels from the country's Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant and Won-Buddhist sectors held a joint news conference at Seoul National University hospital in downtown Seoul, where the farmer's body was located.

Jeon Yong-cheol, a 43-year-old farmer from Boryeong of South Chungcheong Province, collapsed in front of his house a day after he participated in the demonstration in Seoul on Nov. 15. He underwent two brain operations on Nov. 18, but died six days later.

The religious groups claimed that Jeon died from serious injuries during scuffles with police at the rally, considering witness testimonies and photos taken at the scene. They rejected the explanation by the state-run forensic agency that Jeon died accidentally.

"We see problems in the autopsy results of the National Institute of Scientific Investigation," they said in a statement. "The government should reveal the truth and apologize to farmers."
The agency announced on Friday after its autopsy that Jeon died from cerebral hemorrhaging and skull fractures as a result of a fall, not from direct blows to the head by police.

The police said it obtained four pictures showing Jeon was in the rear area during the rally, which indicates he didn't have much of a chance to physically clash with riot police. The police said one of the four pictures showed Kim lying on the ground, but his face and clothes were clean and didn't have evidence of being beaten by the police.

In a separate news conference on Monday, an emergency committee established by 59 civic organizations demanded the resignation of Huh Joon-young, commissioner-general of the National Police Agency for allegedly hiding police brutality.

Whether the injuries occurred as the result of a direct hit or by Jeon falling on his back after being hit by police shields, it was police violence that caused his death, the committee said.

The committee said it will not hold Jeon's funeral until the cause of his death is completely disclosed.

It also said another farmer is also in critical condition from injuries sustained during the rally. After the news conference, some angry farmers tried to march into the National Police Agency building in Seoul, but were stopped by security guards.

Earlier on Sunday, Bae Geom, who claims to have witnessed the police violence against Jeon during the rally, said the farmer fell on his back when he tried to prevent the police from charging, and the police hit him in the chest and face with their shields.

In recent weeks, South Korean farmers have staged demonstrations almost daily in various locations across the country before and after the National Assembly ratified a government motion last Wednesday calling for Seoul to gradually double its rice import quota by 2014.

Two farmers committed suicide this month in protest of the market opening agreement.

More about this killer units you can read (in Korean) here:

http://www.voiceofpeople.org/new/2005112833352.html

Some years ago, during the anti-USFK struggle, my comrade told me, we were joining a mass demonstration, that we should not use force, violence against the cops, because "...they're not our enemies". But when I see this docus, I have some doubts about her opinion...