[asia-apec 678] Apeal letters for political prisoners

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 KHIS  NEWS No 5.
   Appeal Letter
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>From :
190-6 Haksung-dong Joong-gu Ulsan-shi Kyungsangnam Province 681-180
Korea /
tel 82-52-294-7278 / fax 82-52-293-1213
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To : social organizations and individuals
CC: To Whom It May Concern
Date : 1998.9.21
Title : Response to the Issue of the Health and Treatment of Patients
Detained Among the
Members of KCTU Ulsan Regional Council
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1. We express our thanks to those of you working in solidarity for
democracy and
reunification for  Korea..

2. The people who were arrested in connection with the so-called
'Youngnam Committee' on
July 22 and 23, went into a hunger strike on Thursday, September 17,
demanding appropriate
medical care for arrestees requiring medical attention.

3. Urgent, stable and appropriate treatment is needed for Kyung-soon
Park(owner of
'Nulpoorun' Bookstore), Eun-mi Lee(president of Ulsan Women's
Preparatory Committee) and
Jung-ryun Hong(chairperson of Family Association of Hundai Heavy
Industry).

4. Kyung-soon Park is suffering from liver cirrhosis. He had been
diagnosed with 6 months
to live and was being treated with Oriental medicine and under a special
diet before he went
to jail. His condition has been getting worse due to the lack of
treatment after he was sent
to the detention center by the prosecutor's office.

5. Eun-mi Lee had been being continuously suffering of chronic disc
problems and she was
arrested while her operation schedule was set and she was trying to
raise money for the
hospital fees. According to the result of the general diagnosis
conducted by a doctor after her
arrest, an operation is deemed necessary( Check to apply for bail).

6. Jung-ryun Hong has enteritis and arthritus in her knees, and back
problems due to a car
accident. She was jailed while undergoing treatment. She has not
received any guarantees for
proper treatment.

7. It is most likely that the condition of these three patients will
dramatically worsen unless
the urgent proper treatments are guaranteed now.

8. The ad-hoc committee and the other arrestees have been requesting
guarantees for proper
treatment for the patients, but the authorities have refused.
Eventually, the arrestees decided
to go on hunger strike.

9. The arrestees' demands are as following:
   1) permission for treatment(including the treatment outside the jail)
for the patients
   2) pemission for Oriental Medicine for Kyung-soon Park

10. As of Saturday, September 19, a total of 17 prisoners, including the
members of the
so-called 'Youngnam Committee,' are on hunger strike, and during the
strike Hee Lee
collapsed and was moved to the prison dispensary.

11. The ad hoc committee, appeal to you for the following action:
 - Send letters and phone calls of protest to the Jure Detention Center
in Pusan to
the hief of the detention center, security supervisor, dispensary
supervisor Il-mo Hur)
Address : Pukpusan B.O. Box 58 Sasang-gu Pusan 616-600 Korea
Tel : 82-51-324-5501~2

Send  protest or appeal letters to the Blue House, Kim Dae Joong
President

President Kim Dae-Jung
The Blue House
1 Sejong-no, Chongno-gu, Seoul.
Republic of Korea
Fax.: +82-2-770-0253
E-mail: webmaster at cwd.go.kr





Ulsan

Bang Suhk-soo        KCTU Ulsan Regional Council, Education-Publicity
Director
Kim Myong-ho        KMWF Ulsan Regional Office, Policy Director
Lee Hee               KMWF Ulsan Regional Office, Publicity Director
Chung Tae-yeun       NADRK Ulsan Alliance
Lee Chul-hyun         NADRK Ulsan Alliance Youth Group
Hong Jeung-hyun      Hyundai Heavy Industries Workers Families
Association
Lee Eun-mee          Open Women's Association
Lee Chang-kyu        Advance 2001 (young workers association)
Lim Dong-shik        Advance 2001 General Secretary
Lee Jung -hee         Advance 2001 Chairperson
Hwang Seung-soon    student
Chang Hyun-soo      student
Kim Won-cheol       student
Lim Kyu-seup        graduate of Ulsan University
Kim Mee-kyung      wife of Park Kyung-son

Park Kyung-soon       Owner of a book store

Pusan

Lee Eui Hyun           Pusan Workers Association, Education Officer
Kim Seung-nan        Pusan Workers Association, Former General Secretary

Kim Yong-kyu          Pusan Workers Association, member




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