Seoul (AFP) - A former Seoul police chief and three other officers were charged Tuesday over the death of a protester hit by a water cannon during an anti-government protest two years ago.
Baek Nam-Ki, a 69-year-old farmer, was knocked over by the jet of water during a huge protest against Seoul's labour policies in November 2015, and fell into a coma. He died 10 months later.
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