Court suspends penalty on police superintendent who led meeting against interior ministry's police bureau

• Published date: 10 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

The Seoul Administrative Court on Friday halted the suspension slapped on a police superintendent for organizing a police meeting against the interior ministry's plan to establish a police oversight bureau last year.

Ryu Sam-young was suspended from his job for three months from Dec. 13 for leading a meeting of about 50 senior police officers nationwide in July in a show of protest against the planned establishment of the police bureau within the interior ministry. The bureau, which oversees overall police organization, set sail the following month, despite fierce opposition from the police.

He then filed for a lawsuit seeking the revocation of disciplinary action by the National Police Agency and a separate petition to...