Students from the Ministry of Public Safety and Security’s political school receive widespread criticism from residents over their field crackdown practice.

In early 2017, a security guard is cracking down on residents walking down the street in Cheongjin, North Hamgyong Province. /Photo=Daily NK

northIt is said that residents are increasingly dissatisfied with the on-site crackdown practice conducted by students at the Ministry of Security and Political Science school in Pyongsung, South Pyongan Province.

A source from South Pyongan Province told Daily NK on the 30th, “Students at the Political School of the Pyongsong City Security Department, who are in the field enforcement training course ahead of their graduation next spring, are receiving all kinds of criticism from residents because they are making economic gains by cracking down on residents on the roads.” reported.

The on-site enforcement training period for students at the Political School of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security in Pyongsong City has been set for two months starting on September 13, and it is reported that the training is focused on road enforcement for the first month.

In reality, students play the role of inspectors who control the movement of residents and control goods on the roads. However, residents are glaring at those who come out and crack down on them because they are students, are not official security guards, and are not dressed properly.

The school is also aware of the public’s views and advises students to ‘act flexibly, depending on the case,’ and for some financially well-off students, ‘you can pay to be exempt from practical training and rest at home.’ It is known that it was also hung.

However, students who are economically disadvantaged are said to have no choice but to actively participate in field crackdown training. This is because the school deliberately organized a practical training exercise to raise money and supplies needed for the school, and had students donate a portion of the profits earned as bribes during the crackdown training process to the school.

Therefore, students who do not have money to donate to school are forced to participate in on-site crackdown training, and are becoming more active in crackdowns to raise money.

The source said, “As soon as the practice began, the students started watching every move of residents on the main roads and roads around the market, stopped residents riding bicycles, and searched through the items on board. Their actions went beyond the limit and caused complaints from residents. “There is,” he said.

Above all, they are cracking down on poor residents who are barely able to make a living as street vendors because they cannot buy food at the market stalls, and they do not hesitate to engage in shameless acts such as stealing goods, fining them, or trying to take bribes in exchange for turning a blind eye. The source added that they are kicking and criticizing.

The source said, “Some residents are angry, saying that the job of security guards is to protect the people’s safety and property, but instead harassing people and taking their property is no different from robbery, while others are angry that the students who are supposed to be security guards are already like this. “Some residents are sighing and saying they don’t know how things work, and some residents are secretly turning around and lamenting that even police officers during the Japanese colonial period didn’t go to this extent,” he said.

Source: www.dailynk.com