'Golf Club Threat' Hong Joon-pyo: "Underdog Candidate's Fierce Supporters... I Don't Care"

[Source - Hong Jun-pyo Facebook]

[Asia Economy Reporter Shinwon Yoon] Amid an incident where Hong Jun-pyo, an independent candidate for Daegu Suseong, was threatened with a golf club by an unidentified man during a morning campaign, Hong showed a nonchalant response.

According to the Daegu Suseong Police Station, at around 7:30 a.m. on the 13th, while campaigning on his way to work at Dosan Five-way Intersection in Suseong-gu, Daegu, a man in his 40s to 50s, identified only as Mr. A, approached Hong and repeatedly swung a golf club after placing a cola bottle down. When Hong's aides intervened, the man fled in a car.

Candidate Hong Joon-pyo, who ran as an independent in the Daegu Suseong-gu E district in the April 15 general election, was reportedly threatened with terrorism during a campaign event, according to Hong's campaign team.

According to Hong's team, at around 7:40 a.m. on the 12th, an unidentified man threatened terrorism while Hong was greeting voters at the Doosan Five-way Intersection in Suseong-gu.

Hong's team stated that the same man also threatened Hong and disrupted the campaign in the same area on the evening of the 9th. The photo shows the unidentified man making the threat. [Image source=Yonhap News]

No property was damaged and no one was injured during the incident, but the police are investigating the circumstances by questioning witnesses.

After the incident, Hong posted on his Facebook, saying, "I have already experienced several assassination attempts during the Dongdaemun election, so I don't even blink," adding, "I wouldn't enter this tough election without that kind of courage."

He continued, "Violent incidents that occasionally occur at election campaigns, which are festive events, are mostly last-ditch efforts by candidates who are at a disadvantage to intimidate the opposing campaign, or mostly by the extreme supporters of the disadvantaged candidate," and said, "I will not be affected and will make a final push for a landslide victory."

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