Today (14th), in front of Bongeunsa Temple in Gangnam, Seoul, a member of the Jogye Order's union was assaulted by monks while preparing for a one-man demonstration criticizing the involvement of the former general director of the Jogye Order in front of Bongeunsa Temple.
Victims of assault also covered up filth presumed to be human waste in the process.
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According to the Jogye sect union, Jogye sect union executive, Mo Park, held a one-man protest today near Iljumun of Bongeunsa Temple in Gangnam-gu, Seoul between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., urging monk Ja-seung to stop meddling in the election and resign from public offices at Bongeunsa and Dongguk University. I was assaulted by two monks.
The Jogye Order's union explained that Park suffered assault while protesting when the picket he had prepared for a one-man protest was taken from the monks and Buddhists at Bongeunsa Temple.
A monk who took part in the assault also threw a plastic bucket filled with contaminants believed to be human waste on Mr. Park, a union official who witnessed the incident and Mr. Park said.
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The police arrested one monk who was identified as the perpetrator of the assault and released him as a current criminal.
The police said, "The monk who was arrested is claiming to be assaulted on both sides."
In the registration of candidates for the next general election of the Jogye Order that took place on the 9th and 11th, Jinwoo, who served as the head of the Jongdan Education Center, was the sole candidate for the candidacy.
Senior monks within the cult made a statement and expressed their support for the appointment of Jinwoon as the next general secretary candidate.
In fact, in accordance with the 'no-vote election' rule of the Longitudinal Election Act, which determines the winner without a voting procedure when running for an independent candidate, Jinwoon has effectively confirmed the position of the next general secretary.
However, inside and outside the Jogye Order, there have been claims that the former general secretary, Ja-seung, has intervened in the overall election, including the establishment of a single candidate consensus.
Park, a founding member of the Jogye Order branch of the National Federation for Democracy, was fired last November after criticizing Ja-seung, the former general secretary, and others in the Buddhist media.
In response, Mr. Park applied for relief to the Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission, which ruled that the dismissal of Jo Gyejong was unfair.
(Photo = video capture provided by the Jogye Order, Yonhap News)