The National Solidarity for the Elimination of Discrimination against the Disabled held a protest on and off the Seoul subway line 4 for the second day, demanding to secure a budget for the right to move for the disabled.
The Seoul Transportation Corporation and the police put in a large number of manpower, isolated them on the platform and prevented them from boarding the subway.
Jeon Jeon decided to conduct a propaganda campaign on the way to work centered on the triangular area of Line 4 every day except weekends and holidays until the end of this year.
About 20 members of Jeon Jeon-yeon conducted a propaganda campaign at Sungshin Women's University Station on Line 4 from 8:00 am today (3rd) and boarded a train heading for the Samgak area.
At around 8:40 am, I got off at Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station and tried to board again, but was stopped.
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The police deployed 3 riot police units and 1 echelon, totaling about 200 personnel.
Construction workers and police officers surrounded the activists and blocked access to the trains.
Every time the train arrived, activists trying to get on and construction workers blocking it fought with Goseong.
The confrontation continued for nearly six hours until Jeon Jeon held a dissolution ceremony inside Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station at around 2:30 pm.
Apart from them, about 10 activists, including CEO Lee Gyu-sik, boarded the train on Line 4 in the Samgak area at around 9:40 am and went to and from Seoul Station and Sinyongsan Station to engage in propaganda.
The construction company did not stop them from getting on and off.
However, in the process, Koo Ki-jeong, head of the triangular region, was hit by an electric wheelchair and was taken to the hospital with a leg injury.
Jeon Jeon gathered at Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station around 2:00 pm and held a disbanding ceremony for the '2 Days and 1 Night Subway Action'.
Representative Park Gyeong-seok mentioned the court's mediation plan to pay 5 million won to the corporation if the subway operation was delayed for more than 5 minutes, and said, "The '5 minutes' was an opportunity and space for Jeon Jeon-yeon to inform the citizens. Please give that much." demanded.
Jeon Yeon-yeon issued a statement and announced that she would do a propaganda campaign on the way to work on Seoul Subway Line 4 on the 260th, excluding weekends and holidays this year.
Jeon Jeon said, "Because I realized once again that only the President can solve the budget and legislation for the rights of the disabled, I chose Line 4, which passes through the triangular area close to the President's Office."
They also apologized, saying, "I apologize with a heavy heart to the citizens who use Line 4."
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Jeon Jeon-yeon added, "I will seriously consider Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon's remark that 'if it is delayed by more than one minute, it will be a big deal'."
Representative Park also said, "If Minister of Strategy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho agrees to the interview, I will suspend the propaganda campaign. I will resolve it through dialogue."
The day before, Jeon Jeon attempted to board the subway in the Samgak area of Line 4 and confronted the construction and police for 13 hours.
The construction passed 13 trains on Line 4 passing through the Samgak area the day before without stopping.
Koo Ki-jeong, head of the triangular region, said in a phone call with Yonhap News, "We received a lot of complaints about the non-stop issue yesterday.
(Photo = Yonhap News)