undocumented migrant worker, in an investigation room of OO Immigration Office on
June 9, 2010 in retaliation for his resistance to crackdown on illegal overstayers.
According to the Commission's investigation result, the officer beat the head of the
undocumented migrant once and punched his belly once, which resulted in fracture of the
no. 8 rib. The incident happened when the migrant was sitting on a chair quietly in an
investigation room under the Investigation Department at OO Immigration Office around
20:30 on June 9, 2010. It was further stated that the officer took the migrant to the toilet
after the initial violence and the migrant bowed on his knees to plea in fear. The
Commission decided that such violence brought physical and psychological damage on
the victim. The Commission reported the officer to the Prosecutor General and
recommended to the head of OO Immigration Office to issue warnings to the head of the
OO Department and the head of the crackdown operation team. It also organized the
human rights education sessions to all staffs of the Investigation Department of the OO
Immigration Office to prevent recurrence of similar human rights violations, all of which
were accepted by the respondent organization.
8) Civil Rights Violations by Degrading Expressions on Women from a Foreign
Country
Mr. Jang (age 45) filed a complaint to the Commission in July 2010, alleging that a
banner, which was erected on a display platform managed by OO city, had a sexually and
racial discriminatory expression. The banner was stated that "Great Bargain: KRW 9.8
million for Marriage with Women from △△△, Commemorating South Korea's Advance
into the quarter-final of the FIFA World Cup"
The Commission decided that, as international marriages are on the rise in Korea, it is
Korean society's obligation to support marriage migrants to settle in the country without
racial prejudice and preconceptions. Moreover, the banner, displayed in OO City,
conveyed the impression that marriage can be purchasable and portrayed women from the
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