Three Leaders of Migrants Trade Union Deported!

Early this morning (Dec. 13) President Kajiman, Vice President Raju and General Secretary Masum of the Migrants’ Trade Union (a KCTU affiliate) were secreted out of Cheongju Detention Center, where they had been confined since they were arrested in a targeted crackdown on November 27. It has been confirmed that they were transported to Incheon International Airport and deported to their native countries (Nepal and Bangladesh) during the morning hours. This act by the Ministry of Justice is yet a further escalation of its repression against MTU and the organizing of migrant workers in South Korea...

KCTU's entire contribution you can read here:
http://nodong.org/bbs//view.php?id=eng_action&no=54


For possibly more English infos please check out LabourStart (Korea section):
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&view_records=1&sb=4&so=descend&labstart_jump=1&mh=25&keyword=korea