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FM123

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1. While they were unable to stop the State Funeral

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 10:03 AM

Jul 2020

the fact that a half million citizens tried, speaks volumes about their refusal to look the other way.

The petition on the South Korean presidential website, where people regularly start campaigns, was signed more than 560,000 times.

"Do the people need to watch a fancy five-day funeral for a famous politician whose sexual harassment allegation led to his suicide?" it asked.

"What kind of message does that send to the people? It should be a quiet, family funeral."

On Sunday, a court in Seoul rejected an injunction to stop the public funeral.

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While they were unable to stop the State Funeral FM123 Jul 2020 #1

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