'Moon Jae-in Shoe Throwing' Jung Chang-ok Sent to Prosecution in Custody on Charges of Assaulting Police Officer

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] Jeong Chang-ok (57), the head of the Positive Power party who threw a shoe at President Moon Jae-in during his visit to the National Assembly, has been sent to prosecution in custody on charges of assaulting a police officer at the Liberation Day rally.

On the 26th, the Songpa Police Station in Seoul announced that Jeong, who is accused of obstructing official duties, was sent to prosecution in custody last week with a recommendation for indictment.

Jeong is accused of assaulting police officers who were trying to stop him while he was moving toward the Blue House during the Liberation Day rally held at Gwanghwamun Square on the 15th of this month. Jeong was arrested at the scene as a suspect caught in the act. The police applied for an arrest warrant for Jeong, and he was detained on the 18th of the same month.

Previously, on the afternoon of the 16th of last month, Jeong was arrested on charges of obstructing official duties and trespassing after throwing a shoe at President Moon as he was leaving after delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the 21st National Assembly in front of the main entrance on the 2nd floor of the National Assembly building. The police applied for an arrest warrant for Jeong, but Judge Kim Jin-cheol of the Seoul Southern District Court dismissed the warrant, stating that "there is insufficient justification and necessity for detention."

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