"Recognize the Mask I Developed" ... 60-Year-Old Arrested for Disturbance with 'Sineotong'

Around 1 p.m. on the 30th, Mr. A, who was causing a disturbance with 'thinner' on the 2nd floor of the Busan City Hall Civil Service Office, is being subdued by the police.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jonghyo] A man in his 60s who caused a disturbance at the Busan City Hall Civil Service Office, holding thinner and demanding that the government recognize the mask he made, was arrested after a standoff with the police and others.

According to the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, at around 11:47 a.m. on the 30th, Mr. A, born in 1953, visited the Busan City Hall Civil Service Office. Mr. A entered the civil service office on the 2nd floor and, demanding that the government recognize the mask he developed, pulled out a thinner container. After a standoff lasting about an hour with police officers and firefighters, he was arrested around 1 p.m.

Mr. A reportedly went to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety carrying the mask he developed to prevent the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), demanding, "Please produce it quickly and allow citizens to wear it," but when his request was rejected, he committed this crime.

Mr. A is currently exercising his right to remain silent, and the police plan to investigate him for obstruction of official duties and other charges.

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