"'Subway Boarding Protest' SADD Representative Park Kyungseok Referred to Public Prosecution Office"
On suspicion of joint refusal to comply with a demand to leave and obstruction of business
Related to a morning commute protest in November 2025
Park Kyung-seok, standing representative of the Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD), was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of refusing to comply with a demand to leave and obstructing business during a protest at a subway station.
Park Gyeong-seok, co-chair of the National Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, leads members in a chant, shouting, "Struggle!" Photo by Park Hosu, July 2, 2025
View original imageJongno Police Station in Seoul said on November 10 that it had referred Park to the Seoul Central District Public Prosecution Office on October 30 on suspicion of joint refusal to comply with a demand to leave and obstruction of business. The referral came about 11 months after a complaint was filed in December 2025.
Park is suspected of continuing a SADD protest during the morning commute at Gwanghwamun Station on Seoul Subway Line 5 on November 18, 2025, despite railway workers' demand that he leave. About 70 people at the scene called for guarantees of mobility rights for people with disabilities and funding for their rights. Seoul Metro had trains on the northbound line pass through the station without stopping from 8:33 a.m. and trains on the southbound line do the same from 8:50 a.m.
Police referred only Park, saying it was difficult to identify the other protest participants at the time. The allegation of violating the Railway Safety Act, which was also included in the complaint, was excluded from the referral because it is subject to an administrative fine.
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Park was also referred to the Public Prosecution Office in September 2026 on suspicion of violating the Public Official Election Act. He is suspected of using a microphone to call for support for a candidate for the Seoul Metropolitan Council in the local elections during a protest for the mobility rights of people with disabilities in May 2026.
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