A Man in His 50s Arrested for Assaulting an Acquaintance and Striking a Police Officer View original image

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Nambu Police Station announced on the 23rd that Park Mo (51) was booked without detention on charges of assaulting a police officer who responded to a report while he was fighting with an acquaintance over drinks (obstruction of official duties, etc.).


Park is accused of repeatedly hitting Cho Mo (70), who was drinking with him, on the head with a slipper he was wearing at a restaurant in Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, around 8:40 p.m. the previous day, and of verbally abusing and slapping the responding police officer.


It is known that Park committed these acts in an intoxicated and agitated state upon seeing the police.



The police plan to summon Park and others again to investigate the exact circumstances of the incident.


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