"Here is Park Geun-hye" 60s Man Arrested for Disrupting Daegu Justice Party Election Campaign

Justice Party Criticizes Police for "Delayed Response"

An incident occurred in Daegu where a man supporting the United Future Party candidate obstructed election campaigning by assaulting an election office worker of the Justice Party parliamentary candidate. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] An incident occurred in Daegu where a man supporting the United Future Party candidate assaulted an election campaign worker for a Justice Party National Assembly candidate and disrupted the election campaign.

The Daegu Bukbu Police Station announced on the 9th that they have detained and are investigating a man in his 60s, Mr. A, on charges of obstructing the election campaign of a National Assembly candidate (violation of the Public Official Election Act).

Mr. A is accused of jumping onto the campaign vehicle of Justice Party candidate Jo Myeongrae, who was campaigning in front of an apartment in Buk-gu, Daegu, around 5:40 p.m. that day, preventing him from giving a speech and disrupting the election campaign for about 50 minutes.

Mr. A also disrupted the speech by making an X sign with his hands when candidate Jo was speaking.

In particular, he is reported to have slapped an election campaign worker who tried to stop him.

According to candidate Jo’s side, Mr. A revealed that he was a supporter of United Future Party candidate Yang Geumhee and hurled insults, saying, "This is Park Geun-hye’s place, Park Geun-hye’s neighborhood. No way."

He also claimed that the nearby police substation, which received the report, arrived late at the scene and did not take prompt action.

The Justice Party Daegu City Party issued a statement saying, "Although the nearby police substation was only 5 minutes away, they only dispatched officers after 25 minutes," and criticized, "Even after arriving at the scene, they delayed for about 10 minutes conducting identification of the perpetrator and investigating the victim’s damage, neglecting the obstruction of the election campaign."

They added, "The party affiliation of Mr. A, as well as the motive and background of this act, must be thoroughly investigated and he must be severely punished."

Meanwhile, the police are investigating the exact circumstances of the incident based on witness statements and others.

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