Disability rights activists were forcibly taken out of a Seoul subway station on Tuesday before staging a "subway-riding" protest for the second consecutive day.
The activists, who belong to Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination, planned to launch their protest from 8 a.m. at Hyehwa Station on Subway Line No. 4, demanding an increased budget for people with disabilities and their mobility rights.
But Seoul Metro blocked the activists, citing the railway safety law, and requested them to leave.
As the activists refused to comply, Seoul Metro's subway security officers dragged them out of the station at 8:16 a.m. Shouting matches and physical clashes occurred during the forced eviction.
On Monday at the same station, wheelchair using SADD activists repeatedly boarded and disembarked trains, or deliberately boarded trains slowly, disrupting train operations during morning rush hours. (Yonhap)
