After former President Roh Moo-hyun suicided early Saturday morning by leaping off a cliff near his retirement villa in
Bongha, I was concerned that some of his supporters might try to "politicize" or "exploit" his unfortunate death in a crass,
cynical manner. Several thousand mourners gathered in front of Doksu Palace later in the afternoon and evening, and as
the banner at the top shows*, I needn't have worried at all. Understandably upset, many of the "mourners" had somehow
become "protesters" and decided to try to march to the Blue House, but the police had blocked all passageways leading
north, and so they attacked several young riot policemen in a rage, brutally dragging them off the main line and kicking
and hitting them in a screaming circle (the riot police did nothing in response save to hold their ground). Afterwards,
the protester-mourners left a small "offering" at an impromptu memorial altar that had been set up on the sidewalk in
Roh's honor, proving once and for all that his most ardent supporters are a "class act" all the way.
*"Out with the Bloodthirsty Lee Myung-bak Regime" |
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