On 15 March 2023, Namdaemum Police Station requested the Seoul Central District Court to issue an arrest warrant against Mr. Park Kyeong-Seok, a 63‑year-old representative of the SADD and leader in the disability rights movement in the Republic of Korea. The police claimed that the arrest warrant was to be issued due to Mr. Park’s alleged “illegal activities” during the subway-taking campaign. The police claim that he had breached the Assembly and Demonstration Act, the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act, the Road Traffic Act and the Railway Safety Act, and had caused disruption to business and traffic.

The police stated that the arrest warrant had been requested as Mr. Park had not responded to 18 requests to appear for questioning. Mr. Park had declined these requests due to the lack of accessibility at most police stations in Seoul. Mr. Park and SADD stated that he would comply with the requests for questioning if the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced a plan for assessing and complying with the Act on the Guarantee of Convenience, Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens, Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers. The police refused on the grounds that they claim SADD is not legally registered to the Ministry of Welfare and is not registered as an organization that can carry out accessibility inspections on premises. On 16 March 2023, the Seoul Central District Court issued the requested arrest warrant.

On 17 March 2023, SADD held a press conference in front of the Civil Service Office of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. At the press conference, Mr. Park said that the disability rights defenders who are participating in the subway taking campaign are not doing anything illegal. He continued by referring to the legal guarantees contained in the Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other national disability rights laws. After the press conference, the police arrested Mr. Park for the purposes of a 48-hour investigation and took him to Namdaemun Police Station.

On 18 March 2023, Mr. Park was urgently transferred to hospital due to worsening pressure sores while in investigative detention. After receiving brief treatment, he was returned to Namdaemun Police Station. The same day at around 8:15 p.m., Mr. Park was released. No charges have officially been filed against Mr. Park to date. He continues to be under police surveillance.