20-Year-Old Man Repeatedly Vandalizes 'Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination' Billboard

Repeated offenses during investigation period
Police statement: "I damaged it because I dislike sexual minorities"

On the morning of the 3rd of last month, a support message posted by the 'Rainbow Action Against Discrimination of Sexual Minorities' on an advertising board inside Sinchon Station on Seoul Subway Line 2 was vandalized by an unidentified person. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] It has been revealed that most of the incidents involving repeated vandalism of the anti-discrimination advertisement against sexual minorities posted at Sinchon Station on Seoul Subway Line 2 were committed by the same individual.

According to the Mapo Police Station in Seoul, out of seven cases of vandalism against the anti-discrimination advertisement posted last month as part of a human rights organization cooperation project by the National Human Rights Commission, six were found to be committed by the same person, Mr. A.

Mr. A is suspected of slashing the advertisement with a knife on the 2nd of last month, then scribbling on it with a black marker on the 26th, and with blue paint on the 27th.

Police investigation revealed that Mr. A vandalized the same advertisement a total of five times on the 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th, and 31st of last month. Despite already being under police investigation for the first offense, Mr. A committed several additional acts of vandalism. It is reported that during the police questioning the day before, Mr. A stated that he damaged the advertisement because he "dislikes sexual minorities."

The police questioned Mr. A, a man in his 20s identified as the suspect, yesterday on charges of property damage.

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