By Bae Ji-sook
Staff Reporter
Amnesty International's Korea office and police are clashing over the Korean translation of the human rights watchdog's report on the government's crackdown on protesters.
National Police Agency (NPA) Commissioner General Eo Cheong-soo vowed to take legal action against the office for allegedly defaming police officers, while the office accused police of interfering in the research process.
On Monday, Eo openly requested the office to make corrections on its Korean report and if not, he will take legal action. Amnesty reportedly gave no response to the police announcement.
Eo's move came after Amnesty rebuffed the NPA's allegations.
Police said some of the translations were intentionally distorted and misleading, but the domestic arm of the international civic group said the version was not ``very different'' from the original report. Still, it did admit to one ``mistake.''
Police say the report that said protests were largely peaceful except for riot police using violence to control crowds and some protestors attacking and vandalizing police vehicles was one-sided and distorted.