Thursday, July 15, 2010

According to The Tribune 7/15/2010

South Korean police warned over racial slur against Indian Student.

Seoul, July 14
South Korea’s human rights watchdog called today for a policeman to be officially warned for racial discrimination against an Indian researcher.

The National Human Rights Commission said in a statement it had also ordered that all staff at Bucheon police station in Seoul’s western suburbs receive a lecture on human dignity.

A South Korean woman filed a complaint with the commission in August last year. She claimed the policeman mistreated the 29-year-old Indian, Bonojit Hussain, while questioning them about an earlier racial abuse case.

A South Korean man shouted racial slurs against them on a bus, calling Hussain “dirty and smelly” and asking her: “How do you feel about dating a dark-skinned foreign bastard?” The man was later convicted of using racial slurs and ordered to pay fine. — AFP


I WONDER IS SOUTH KOREA SETTING AN EXAMPLE IN ENLIGHTENMENT OR JUST BEING POLITE AS THEY TRADITIONALLY ARE.

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