Police in South Korea have picked up a trade union leader taking refuge in a Buddhist temple in Seoul, the country’s capital.
The Head of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), Han Sang-Gyun, surrendered to the police after a month of hiding.
According to BBC, the Police began an operation to enter the temple on Wednesday, but delayed it on the request of the monks.
The temple officials warned that it would be an act of religious persecution for security operatives to raid the temple.
“If the police raid the temple, it will be tantamount to a state clampdown on the Jogye Order and on the whole Buddhist movement in South Korea,” they said in a statement.
Mr Sang-Gyun was accused of inciting violence at an anti-government rally on November 14.
