Both 'Cargo Solidarity Fatality' Driver and 'Police Barricade Ramming' Union Member Arrested

Both the driver who hit union members with a cargo truck and the union member who rammed a police barricade with a van, injuring a police officer at the Cargo Solidarity rally organized by the Public Transport Union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, have been taken into custody.

On April 23, Lee Jiwoong, the presiding judge in charge of warrants at the Jinju Branch of the Changwon District Court in Gyeongnam, issued arrest warrants for two individuals: Mr. A, a non-union member in his 40s charged with murder and other offenses, and Mr. B, a Cargo Solidarity union member in his 60s charged with obstruction of official duties with special circumstances, after completing pre-arrest interrogations for both suspects.

Judge Lee determined that both individuals posed a flight risk and could potentially destroy evidence.

The Cargo Solidarity Union of the Public Transport Workers' Union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions is holding a brief rally in front of the CU Jinju Logistics Center in Jeongchon-myeon, Jinju, Gyeongnam, urging a thorough investigation of the accident and punishment of those responsible. [Photo by the Cargo Solidarity Union]

According to the court and police, on April 20, Mr. A allegedly drove his vehicle into union members in front of the Cargo Solidarity headquarters rally held at the CU Jinju Logistics Center (BGF Logistics Jinju Center) in Jeongchon-myeon, Jinju-si, resulting in one death and two injuries.

On the same day, Mr. B is accused of driving a van into a police barricade set up at the rally site and then rushing toward the center’s main gate, injuring a police officer.

The previous day, the court also issued an arrest warrant for Mr. C, a union member in his 50s who was apprehended at the rally site on charges of threatening police officers with harm to an unspecified number of people or attempting self-harm with a weapon.

As a result, a total of three people have now been arrested in connection with the accidents and clashes at the recent Cargo Solidarity rally.

Since the fatal accident, Cargo Solidarity union members have been holding brief rallies and marches near the CU Logistics Center in Jinju, once in the morning and once in the afternoon each day, demanding a thorough investigation of the incident and punishment of those responsible.

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