A 50-year-old woman, identified as Park, lies in a hospital in Seoul on June 23 after having been beaten by approximately 10 members of a conservative association on the same day.
Park held a one-woman demonstration to keep the Korean Broadcasting System, or KBS, independent. She began her demonstration at around 5 p.m. on June 23 in front of the building’s headquarters when 10 members of a conservative association beat her indiscriminately, saying, “We should kill all of the leftists”
The person who carried her to the hospital said, “The members of the association struck her with a square bar and the kicked her after she fell down.”
Park plans to take legal action against the members of the association with the help of Lawyers for Democratic Society, a civic advocacy group.
The fifty members of the conservative association, including the 10 who beat the woman, fled at 9 p.m. when 1,000 people arrived on site after hearing news of the incident.
Meanwhile, a 56-year-old pastor, identified as Park, is under investigation by the Yeongdeungpo Police Station for participating in the beating.
Photo by Shin So-yeong/The Hankyoreh.
