The education ministry says it will “clarify” the role that three journalists played when a group of protestors intruded into the ministry building.
Late Thursday night the police arrested 33 people for intruding into the Ministry of Education building. Of the 33 people arrested, 24 are students and three are journalists. The education ministry has pressed charges against all 33.
The protestors demanded that the government drop the controversial revision of high school curriculum guidelines. Earlier this year, an administrative court ruled that the adjustment of high school curriculum guidelines violated the law because it did not follow due process.
On Saturday the education ministry said it will retract its charges against the three journalists if it is confirmed that they were only there to cover the story, instead of leading the protestors into the building.
The three reporters refused bail, saying that their arrests violated press freedom. Prosecutors later decided to release them without bail but they are banned from changing residence.