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"Ex-Korean commandos kill "Koizumi pig"
Ina Park
Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 18:00 JST
SEOUL — A group of former South Korean commandos hacked a squealing pig daubed with the word "Koizumi" to death on Tuesday, to protest against a weekend visit by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a controversial war shrine.
Dozens of riot police surrounded the van which was parked close to the Japanese embassy while the ex-agents — who say they were trained to infiltrate North Korea — drew knives and repeatedly cut and stabbed the "Koizumi pig."
Both South Korea and China have protested against Sunday's visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors convicted war criminals as well as other Japanese war dead. Koizumi's visit came just six weeks before Japan and South Korea co-host soccer's showcase World Cup finals.
"How can he bow in front of criminals who committed crimes against the whole world," ex-soldier Oh Bok-seob told reporters.
"He (Koizumi) is not here, so we killed the pig."
The ex-commandos shoved the still shrieking animal from the back of their stationary van on to the road some 200 meters away from the Japanese embassy. Riot police struggled to stuff the badly bleeding pig into a sack. It soon fell silent and died.
The ex-agents scattered leaflets saying Koizumi was distorting history and trying to revive Japanese militarism.
"We impeach Koizumi for paying homage to war criminals," the leaflet said.
South Korea summoned Japan's ambassador on Monday to protest against the shrine visit.
"Basically, our thinking is we cannot understand the Japanese prime minister's visit to Yasukuni," a foreign ministry spokesman said. "Everybody's surprised and disappointed."
But the ministry, which swiftly issued a statement on Sunday expressing regret over the shrine visit, said it planned no further action.
Aside from the ex-soldiers' protest, reaction to Koizumi's move has been relatively muted. About 30 people rallied in a park on Monday and burned a flag bearing a caricature of Koizumi.
The ex-commandos have an axe to grind with the South Korean authorities as well as Koizumi.
The government denies the existence of special forces trained to infiltrate North Korea. This means those soldiers who say they belonged to such units are not entitled to pensions, compensation for wounds or illnesses and other benefits.
Last month, about 200 former commandos clashed with riot police during a thwarted march on the presidential Blue House.
President Kim Dae-jung later condemned violence but said their grievances should be investigated. That was the closest any South Korean leader has come to confirming the existence — past or present — of the infiltration teams.
"Even if our Motherland casts us aside, we will not abandon our Motherland," the ex-agents' leaflet said at the scene of the pig-hacking incident. (Reuters News)"