Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Images of brutal riot police violence against protesting Ssangyong workers

1. [21 July 2009] Riot police and management-hired thugs gang up to kick and beat up a union member who already has no possibility of resisting arrest


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Source : Photo courtesy of Media Chungcheong

- Person wearing light grey pants, grey socks and dark grey athletic shoes crunched up under feet of policemen is KMWU union member (inside red circle)
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Person holding a steel pipe with green duct tape wrapped around the handle for better grip (far left) and wearing a black shirt with white gloves and white athletic shoes is a management-hired thug (Persons in white helmets are thugs paid by management)

- Persons in black helmets (blue or yellow stripe) are riot police
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Red arrow points at management-hired thug holding shield
- New photos heighten concern over the complete impropriety of public police forces collaborating with privately-contracted thugs to stop a strike


2. [21 July 2009] In addition to steel pipes, management-hired thug wearing construction site gloves also wields a baseball bat


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Source : Photo courtesy of Media Chungcheong

3. [21 July 2009] Thugs contracted by Ssangyong Motor Court Receivers also come to factory with martial arts weapons (in photo “nunchaku” are ci rcled in red)

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Source : Photo courtesy of Media Chungcheong

4. [21 July 2009] Police use 3 helicopters to take turns to bombard sit-in strikers for hours with tear gas concentrate dropped from the sky

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Source: Yonhap News

5. [21 July 2009] Unionists trying to wash off chemicals poured out of the police helicopter but that landed on his arm. Unfortunately management cut off the water supply so he is using precious rationed water to get chemicals off his skin

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