Police Request Arrest Warrant for Park Sang-hak, Representative, for Assaulting Reporters and Police Officers with Gas Gun

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The police have applied for a pre-arrest warrant for Park Sang-hak, the head of the Free North Korea Movement Alliance, who assaulted reporters and sprayed a gas gun at police officers.

On the 31st, the Songpa Police Station in Seoul announced that they had applied for an arrest warrant for Park on charges of special injury and obstruction of official duties.

Park is accused of assaulting reporters from a broadcasting company who visited his home in Songpa-gu on the 23rd of last month by protesting, "How did you find me?" while swinging his fist, throwing bricks in the hallway, and spraying a gas gun at police officers who tried to stop him.

A police official said, "We judged the matter to be serious, including assaulting reporters and firing a gas gun at police officers, so we applied for an arrest warrant."

Park, who leads the Free North Korea Movement Alliance, has been conducting leaflet distribution activities toward North Korea despite the government's ban. He is also under police investigation for violating the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act and improperly collecting donations for the organization.

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