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An incense altar was set up in front of the National Assembly to commemorate the self-employed who made an extreme choice while suffering from the hardship of living due to the COVID-19 crisis. It was prepared in eight hours after a confrontation with the police, but the self-employed urged the government to improve quarantine measures, saying that all that was left was debt and injustice.
This is reporter Kang Min-woo.
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A joint incense burner installation site to commemorate the self-employed who made an extreme choice due to hardship and to urge improvement of quarantine measures.
[Why can't you even pay tribute to the dead?] A
fight broke out with the police who prevented this.
[(don't) what are you doing! Why block the road so you can't go!] The
police heard it as a basis for quarantine rules.
[Police on-site person in charge: Quarantine authorities prohibit gatherings and events of more than two people except for one-person protests.]
After active-duty lawmakers and politicians visited the site to mediate, a temporary incense place was prepared within 8 hours of confrontation. That's it.
Limited condolences were allowed by agreement between the non-captain and the police.
This allowed the police to enter the temporary incense burner one by one and burn incense.
In the place of the portrait of Youngjeong, a sign was placed with the words 'Korea Small Business Owner/Self-Employed', and incense candles were lit in plastic cups containing takeout drinks.
The mourning procession that continued all night, the self-employed, urged the government to take urgent measures with one voice.
[Jo Ji-hyun / Co-CEO of Self-Employed Non-Captain: Even now, self-employed people are dying next to me. I have nowhere to go.]
[Sejong Kim/Self-Employed: What more should I do in the future? Now all that is left is debt and regret. Please, please save me.] The
self-employed non-captain is planning to operate the incense burner until 11 pm tomorrow (18th).