"I Tested Positive for COVID-19"...Middle-Aged Man Causing Disturbance on Subway Line 2 Tests 'Negative'

Bangbae Police Station. Photo by Bangbae Police Station website capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A man who caused a disturbance while claiming to be a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on the subway was arrested by the police.

According to the police on the 21st, the Bangbae Police Station in Seoul booked a middle-aged man, Mr. A, on charges of obstruction of business and assault for causing a commotion inside a train stopped at Bangbae Station on Subway Line 2 around 8 p.m. the previous day, claiming he was infected with COVID-19 and assaulting passengers who demanded he get off.

Mr. A, intoxicated and not wearing a mask, shouted, "I am a COVID-19 confirmed case," and when passengers asked him to get off, he assaulted them, causing the Subway Line 2 train operation to be delayed by about 8 minutes.

The police, who responded to the report, arrested Mr. A in the act and took him to a hospital for a COVID-19 test, which came back negative.

The police plan to summon Mr. A again soon to investigate the details of the incident.

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