Police in South Korea have detained a trade union leader
who has been taking refuge in a Buddhist Temple in Seoul for almost a month.
Han Sang-gyun, head of the Korean Confederation of Trade
Unions (KCTU), surrendered to police on Thursday.
He is accused of inciting violence at an anti-government
rally on 14 November.
On Wednesday police began an operation to enter the
temple to arrest him but delayed it on the request of the monks.
The monks warned said it would be an act of religious
persecution for police 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," temple officials said in a statement.
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