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ANTI-US BEEF PROTESTS CONTINUE IN SEOUL DESPITE CRACKDOWN.
SEOUL, June 2 Asia Pulse - Thousands of South Koreans again took to the streets Sunday to protest the impending resumption of United States beef imports, a day after police fired water cannons and used other forceful means to crack down on protesters.
On Saturday alone, 228 protesters were hauled away by police for investigation, bringing to about 500 the total number of detainees in a recent series of street protests. About 100 protesters and 40 police were injured in violent clashes on Saturday.
Police outlawed street protests and vowed to continue to crack down on them.
On Sunday, about 2,000 people began the day's protests in Seoul early in the afternoon, the first time in recent weeks that such a protest had been held during daytime.
They were later joined by some 1,300 students, who earlier had held a sit-in at the Seoul train station, demanding the release of protesters taken away by police in earlier street demonstrations.
By early evening, the crowd swelled to 20,000.
Public anger turned to the worse after the government officially announced Friday its plan to implement the beef import deal within days. Protesters refused to budge, vowing to continue to fight until the beef deal is repealed or re-negotiated.
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