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It was May 29, 2013, at the annex to the Seoul Immigration Office, when Lama Dawa Pasang (38, Korean name Minsu), a Tibetan refugee and a citizen of Nepal, showed up for an interview to become a naturalized South Korean citizen...
But in Jan. 2014, Minsu got an unexpected call from the citizenship and refugee department of the Ministry of Justice. They asked if he had ever been in the courtroom. In the winter of 2010, Minsu became a victim of a redevelopment project. Since 2008, Minsu had been operating Potala, a Nepalese/Tibetan restaurant located in front of the Myeongdong Cathedral in downtown Seoul, with his South Korean wife Lee Geun-hye, 35, whom he had married in 2006. But just after the couple went to all the trouble of setting up the restaurant, the city announced that the building would be demolished as part of a city beautification project (*)
In Sep. 2011, Minsu was arrested and charged with obstructing justice for blocking the entrance of the cranes and disobeying an order to disperse. On Feb. 28, 2014, the Supreme Court confirmed that he would have to pay a fine of KRW 5 million (US$4,726).
In the end, Minsu’s application for citizenship was denied. Notification of the rejection, issued in the name of the Minister of Justice, was delivered to his house in March. The Ministry explained that Minsu could not be given citizenship not only because of his criminal record but also because of his inappropriate conduct. One of the conditions for becoming a South Korean citizen according to the Nationality Act is “orderly conduct”... (the entire article you can read here!
* Related article:
☞ Tibetan activist in Seoul fights eviction order (K. Times, 2011.7.26)
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