Police to Fully Respond to July KCTU General Strike Rally... "Strict Punishment for Illegal Acts"

The police have announced their full-scale response to the large-scale rallies related to the KCTU's general strike scheduled for two weeks starting from the 3rd.

On the afternoon of the 30th, the National Police Agency held a situation review meeting to check response measures for the large-scale KCTU general strike rallies to be held in downtown Seoul starting next month on the 3rd.

On the afternoon of the 30th, Yoon Hee-geun, Commissioner of the National Police Agency, urged a full-scale response to the large-scale general strike rally organized by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, scheduled to take place in downtown Seoul starting from the 3rd of next month, during a situation briefing held at the National Police Agency.
[Photo by National Police Agency]

The police plan to actively guarantee the reported rallies and marches, but will strictly respond to illegal acts by mobilizing all available personnel and equipment.

To this end, up to 155 police units nationwide, including temporarily formed units, will be deployed on-site per day.

Illegal acts such as violence, road occupation, and malicious noise will be strictly dealt with according to laws and principles, and participants who obstruct official duties by assaulting police officers during law enforcement processes such as dispersal measures will be arrested on the spot as flagrante delicto.

In addition, the police will conduct prompt investigations into illegal actors, and have established a policy to pursue judicial measures such as requesting arrest warrants for ringleaders.

On the 20th, when the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) announced a large-scale general strike rally in 14 regions nationwide including Seoul, police barricades were installed near Sejong-daero, Gwanghwamun, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

Meanwhile, the KCTU will launch a large-scale general strike struggle for two weeks from the 3rd to the 15th in Seoul and 15 other metropolitan cities and provinces.

The strike struggle will begin on the 3rd of next month with a strike rally by special labor unions such as delivery workers, followed by strikes by department store, duty-free shop, and mart unions on the 6th, and the health and medical union on the 14th.

The KCTU estimates that more than 400,000 union members will participate in this general strike struggle.