Conservative and Hate Groups Compete for APEC Protest Space
The jockeying for position at next month’s APEC summit is in full swing in Pusan and there is already controversy:
South Korea’s conservative and progressive activists are racing to book space for pro – or anti- capitalist rallies around the venue for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and forum.
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A group of anti-APEC activists on Wednesday submitted to police a mountain of applications to use the space near the conference venue between Oct. 30 and Nov. 19.
Under the country’s law, organizers of any outdoor rallies must report their plans to police beforehand and receive proper authorization, a measure to protect public order and security.
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“They sought approval on a total of 1,004 planned rallies in Busan,” a policeman in charge of accepting applications said. “It is apparently aimed at buying time, as we do not have enough manpower to screen their requests within the designated time.”
The leftist groups (AKA-activists) believe there is a conspiracy in Pusan to silence them by giving conservative pro-capitalist demonstrators all the protesting time during the APEC conference:
The activists’ group that is organizing to protest the APEC conference said it had no other choice, arguing that police-backed conservative activists have already occupied almost all of the sites suitable for demonstrations.
In fact, several conservative civic groups applied for a number of sites around the APEC conference center first, police said.
It would be a shred move by the Pusan police department to fill the APEC conference with pro-capitalist demonstrators instead of the usual hate group protesters you see protesting the MacArthur statue and Camp Humphrey’s. I actually wish the Korean government would let these idiots protest at the APEC. Let them bring their bamboo poles to beat the riot police and let them trash the cars of all the international officials parked outside. Of course no hate group protest would be complete without jumping up and down on top of the riot police bus. Let the world see who these people are maybe then the Korean government would do something about them.
Of course, the Korean government isn’t going to allow this to happen because they want to put the best face of the country forward during the APEC conference which is why the Pusan police is trying to slot conservative protesters during the conference. This fits the Korean governments MO to squash the leftist protests as soon as it receives international attention.
Fear not hate groups, I’m sure you will be allowed to continue to assault policemen, destroy private property, and even jump up and down on top the riot police bus once again as soon as the APEC conference is over. So keep your bamboo poles ready.
