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On the 9th of the Hangul Footprint, the police installed car walls around Gwanghwamun Square in Jongno-gu, Seoul, and are monitoring several locations in preparation for a situation involving rallies and vehicle demonstrations.On the 9th of the Hangeul Footprint, in central Seoul such as Gwanghwamun Square and Seoul Square, a car wall made of police buses reappeared after the first day of the first day to prevent conservative groups from gathering.
The police blocked all the main streets with vehicles and fences, and established 60 vehicle checkpoints in central Seoul to control traffic. Citizens, who were prevented from traveling to the city center on vacation, complained of discomfort when the police questioned their destination and identity on foot. Conservative groups that were notified of the ban on meeting condemned the government by holding surprise press conferences, individual picket rallies and bicycle rallies at various locations in central Seoul instead of large-scale gatherings.
● Citizens complain of discomfort on walls, fences, and vehicle inspections
Since dawn on the 9th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency mobilized around 400 police buses and installed a barrier to prevent entry to main roads from Gwanghwamun Pavilion to City Hall Square. A steel fence in the shape of a labyrinth was placed on the wall to prevent the entry of citizens. On the 3rd, it was replaced by a steel fence in place of the “wall of the police bus car” that surrounded both Gwanghwamun Square and Seoul Square. At Gwanghwamun Station, the 7 entrances to Gwanghwamun Square were lowered and locked at the fountain, just like in Gaecheonjeol times. Around 11,000 policemen were deployed around the traffic walls and fences, which prevented the citizens’ assembly from attending the demonstration. To quarantine the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the police notified the prohibition of more than 10 of the 1,220 rallies reported on Hangul Day by conservative groups or 139 cases reported in prohibited areas. Although all large-scale meetings were banned, it was intended to prevent the meeting itself by notifying some groups to enforce the meetings. The police raised the barrier around 2 pm when there was no concentration movement by the conservative group that was concerned. In addition, a free shuttle bus was operated for the convenience of pedestrians. However, the voices of complaints about the inconvenience of traffic and commercial damage caused by the unconscious controls of the police officers grew louder. Kim Mi-gyeong (48), who came out on the Cheonggyecheon excursion, said: “I went on vacation, but every time I cross the street, the police officers hit me and ask me for identities, and I feel very uncomfortable.” . Kwon Il-won, a 26-year-old college student, said: “It was the first time I was subjected to an indifferent scrutiny that my parents’ generation suffered.” Lee Mo (55), who runs a restaurant near City Hall Station, complained that “the number of customers was reduced five times more than usual because access was controlled so that people could not pass through the store” .
● Criticism of the government through picket rallies, press conferences and bicycle demonstrations.
Instead of large-scale demonstrations banned by the police, surprise press conferences, bicycle rallies, and individual picket rallies were held throughout Seoul. The ‘Citizen Emergency Countermeasures Committee 8.15’, which was notified of the ban while holding a gathering of 2,000 people near Gwanghwamun, near the Four Seasons Hotel in Jongno-gu, Seoul, said: “The assembly is one of the main means to protect liberal democracy. ” The device of the people to be able to do so is freedom of assembly and association, and this means has put an end to the political decision of the court ”.
The ‘Gwanghwamun National Congress Emergency Response Committee of August 15’, in which Sarangjeil Church and others participate, held a press conference in front of Independence Gate in Seodaemun-gu and Boshingak in Jongno-gu and criticized that “The government’s ban on meeting was an excessive exercise of public power.” After the press conference, they stopped saying that they would march to Gwanghwamun Square and fought with the police. Surprise bicycle demonstrations by conservative groups were held at the Shinsegae department store headquarters.
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