{"id":53981,"date":"2023-02-09T10:41:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T01:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53981"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:16:48","slug":"samjiyon-man-protests-forced-transfer-to-rural-area-by-throwing-himself-in-front-of-cadres-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/samjiyon-man-protests-forced-transfer-to-rural-area-by-throwing-himself-in-front-of-cadres-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Samjiyon man protests forced transfer to rural area by throwing himself in front of cadre&#8217;s car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A young man in Samjiyon recently threw himself in front of the car of a city party committee cadre because he was disgruntled about being transferred to Taehongdan County, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in Yanggang Province on Monday, the young man caused the accident on Jan. 20, right before the Lunar New Year holiday, to protest the inclusion of his name on a list of \u201cpetitioners\u201d to be sent to Taehongdan County this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, the man was not badly hurt since the car was moving slowly at the time, but he was taken to the hospital immediately after the accident, and his family \u2014 which learned about the accident only belatedly \u2014 was reportedly up in arms about compensation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, since witnesses say the young man intentionally threw himself in front of the car, the victim and his family were put in an unfavorable position, and police launched an investigation into what exactly happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the course of the investigation, police learned that the young man had been dishonorably discharged from the military and did not show up for work at the factory to which he had been assigned, creating significant difficulties for the relevant party and youth organizations such as the Socialist Patriotic Youth League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this, his workplace party organization and Socialist Patriotic Youth League decided to put the young man \u2014 who was diligent in neither his organizational duties nor his work \u2014 on a list of recommended \u201cpetitioners\u201d for rural transfer requested by the party committee of Yanggang Province at the start of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neither the party organization nor the Socialist Patriotic Youth League listened to the young man, who vowed in tears that he would never go to Taehongdan County, and police believe he intentionally threw himself in front of the cadre\u2019s car in protest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the man was slightly hurt and is undergoing treatment at the hospital, though his injuries are not life-threatening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe city police believe the man intentionally threw himself in front of the party cadre\u2019s car out of discontent and will treat him as a disgruntled element when he is released from the hospital,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the source said locals who heard about the news and other young people caught up in what are essentially forced relocations sympathize with the man, saying he would not have jumped in front of a car \u201cunless the situation was really bad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20230206-4\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young man in Samjiyon recently threw himself in front of the car of a city party committee cadre because he was disgruntled about being transferred to Taehongdan County, Daily NK has learned. 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