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Coming Sunday, as it is a tradition in SK, the "Central Demonstration of the Working Class" should take the streets of downtown Seoul, but the f.. cops (National Police Agency/Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency) seems to have complete different plans..

In Korea Times latest edition following unbelievable story is published:

Police Ban Weekend Rallies in Central Seoul
 

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Tuesday that it refused to give permission to the two flagship labor unions to hold massive rallies in central Seoul because they could cause traffic jams.

One of the rejected rallies was planned by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) which aimed to bring 200,000 workers from across the country to Kwanghwamun, in central Seoul on Nov. 12...

The police said that the rally planned by KCTU would have caused serious traffic jams and inconvenience to the public since its industrial unions planned to march toward Kwanghwamun after holding rallies at Chongmyo, Myongdong and Seoul Station...

The rejections of the requests is in line with the National Police Agency’s (NPA’s) policy to deal strictly with rallies that could cause inconvenience to the public. As the inconvenience of traffic jams caused by massive rallies takes place frequently, the National Police Agency (NPA) ordered regional offices on Sept. 27 to disallow rallies that would cause traffic congestion.

However, a mass rally by the Dump Truck Drivers’ Confederation in central Seoul is to take place since their request was made before NPA’s order. The police are currently attempting to persuade the association not to allow its members to march on roads during the rally.

The NPA’s order has sparked criticism from civic groups which claim the measures limit the freedom of assembly guaranteed by the Constitution...

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200611/kt2006110717380653460.htm

The "left-liberal" daily Hankyoreh is writing following about the same case:

S.K. freedom of assembly questioned

(incl. a mistake: they confuse FKTU with KCTU^^)

But... Just remember Mao Zedong's words:

"When the enemy is fighting us, it's good and not bad!" (^^)