Would the HRC Prefer the Police Were Killed Instead?
I know it is tragic that two rice farmers were killed in a violent protest against opening the rice market, but I just can’t feel sorry for them when they were the ones that initialized the outrageous violence against the police. However, President Roh does feel sorry for them and apologized today for the incident:
President Roh Moo-hyun apologized publicly yesterday, a day after the Korea National Human Rights Commission announced that two protesters had died of injuries at the hands of police.
“I bow my head to the public in apology and pray for the souls of the dead,” Mr. Roh said at a televised press conference from the Blue House. “The government will sort out who is responsible and have them punished,” he continued. “The government will make proper compensation to the victims.”
Like I said I don’t feel sorry for these people when they break the law, destroy property, and assault policemen. In addition the Korean HRC really has no legitimacy to me because they do nothing to condemn human rights conditions just 30 miles North of Seoul in North Korea, but are quick to jump in an criticize the Korean National Policemen who routinely get their butts kicked in by these outrageous violent protests. I guess the policemen aren’t entitled to the same human rights as the rice farmers.
At least President Roh did criticize the protesters a little bit along with the police:
Mr. Roh also spoke out yesterday about the violence that frequently accompanies protests in Korea. “If there were no violent rallies where protesters wielded steel pipes, such a mishap would have not happened,” the president said. “Our society and the government should correct these problems.”
While appearing to take pains not to criticize the police too harshly, he still stressed that special caution is needed when force was used by law-enforcement agencies.
I just makes me wonder if the Korean government would prefer that mandatory service draftees that make up the riot police for the KNP should be killed instead of these criminal rice farmer rioters.
