[Newsmaker] Excessive use of police force partly to blame for Yongsan tragedy: internal inquiry
Social affairsSept 5, 2018
Police pressed ahead with breaking up a 2009 protest by dozens of angry shop tenants and activists in Yongsan that resulted in heavy casualties, even though they were aware of the high risks involved in the quelling, an internal inquiry team at the police agency said Wednesday. The committee released its outcome of the probe into human rights-related matters regarding the Yongsan crackdown of a civilian protest that killed five protesters and one police officer. In January 2009, dozens of renter