South Korean police has sent in jail approximate 16 people who visited a building housing the Japanese embassy in Seoul during a protest in opposition to Tokyo’s release of water from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The protest happened on the day Japan started releasing treated water from the ruined power plant into the Pacific Ocean, a prominent act that triggered a lot of intense hatred and opposition from around the area due to its negative impact on ocean.
The party, which is a gathering of almost youngsters, reached the eighth floor, where the embassy is discovered, and hung banners condemning the release. “The sea is not Japan’s trash bin,” read one of the banners. “Stop releasing contaminated water at once.” A Reuters photographer on the spot discovered police officers carrying and dragging protesters from the building and throwing them violently and mercilessly into a bus.
A police officer at the Jongno police station in the capital said 16 people were sent to jail because of trespassing, accusing them of attempting to forcefully enter into the embassy. Approximate 50 people had come outside the embassy to do the protest. South Korea’s government has said that it has no scientific issues with the water release, but called on Tokyo to be transparent during the process. “What’s essential now is whether Japan, as it pledged to the international community, stringently follows the scientific foundations and without any doubts gives data,” Prime Minister Han Duck-soo told a briefing.