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Protesting S. Korean lawmakers scuffle with guards
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-01-03 20:12

 
Floor leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DP) Won Hye-young (R) scuffles with a parliament security man as more than 100 parliament security men try to take out opposition parties members who have been staging a sit-down demonstration in front of a main entrance of the parliament plenary session hall in Seoul, January 3, 2009. Opposition DP lawmakers have been occupying the Chairman's seat in the plenary session hall since December 26, 2008 to block the ruling, conservative Grand National Party lawmakers who want to pass disputed bills which include a US trade deal as well as easing rules on bank ownership, on tapping mobile phones and on broadcasting company ownership by conglomerates and conservative print media firms. [Agencies]