Police Disband Non-Regular Workers’ Joint Struggle Group Rally Despite Continued Cultural Festival Demands

[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Choi Won-jin = The police ordered the third disbandment of the non-regular workers now stop joint struggle group, which had predicted the second homeless rally.

On the afternoon of the 9th, workers in a non-regular group who started a rally in front of the Supreme Court demanding a wage increase are continuing despite the police ordering them to disperse.

At 7:45 pm on the same day, the police notified the participants of the dispersal order three times, saying, “If you hold an unreported assembly within 100 meters of the Supreme Court, you can be punished for violating the Assembly and Demonstration Act.”

Nevertheless, the participants continued the night cultural festival, and the police warned at around 8:54 pm, “If you do not disperse despite the 3rd dispersal order, we inform you that we can disband directly.”

According to the Assembly and Demonstration Law, if the police want to break up an assembly or demonstration, they must request the organizer to declare the assembly or demonstration closed.
If the organizer does not comply with the request for a declaration of termination or if the assembly or demonstration continues despite the declaration of termination, the police may directly intervene in the dispersal.

It is known that the participants are in a position to continue the cultural festival.

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