Protesters caught trying to trespass presidential office

By Lee Han-soo

Four anti-President protesters were caught trying to break into the heavily secured presidential office on Saturday.

According to police, they were caught at 10 p.m. sneaking toward Cheong Wa Dae along an uncharted trail on Mt. Bukak behind the presidential office.

They jumped the first fence surrounding Cheong Wa Dae and were caught on their way to the second fence, according to police.

The activists had been broadcasting their “mission” on Facebook Live.

“After police committed an outrage by blocking every road to Cheong Wa Dae, we tried to figure out the best route to Cheong Wa Dae,” said one activist during the broadcast.

“We jumped over the fence at Mt. Bukak to shout ‘Park must resign’ as close as we could to Cheong Wa Dae.”

Because the activists jumped only over the first fence controlled by Jong-ro Gu, the four were released with a warning.

They would have been jailed if they had gone through or over the military-controlled second fence, according to police.