'Assault on Reporters' Park Sang-hak Sent to Prosecution with Indictment Recommendation

Representative Park Sang-hak of the North Korean Defectors' Organization 'Free North Korea Movement Alliance'
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The police have sent Park Sang-hak (52), the head of the Free North Korea Movement Alliance, who assaulted reporters visiting his home, to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.

The Seoul Songpa Police Station announced on the 8th that they had sent Park Sang-hak, who is accused of special injury and obstruction of official duties, to the prosecution without detention.

Park is accused of throwing bricks and using violence against the SBS TV 'Morning Wide' reporters attempting to cover a story at his residence in Songpa-gu around 9 p.m. on June 23, and spraying a gas gun at police officers who tried to stop him.

At that time, the PD, AD, director of photography, and audio technician were reportedly injured by bricks and punches thrown by Park.

The police summoned Park as a suspect in early July and investigated him, then applied for an arrest warrant, but the prosecution dismissed it, so the investigation continued without detention.

Meanwhile, after investigating the case in which Park counter-sued four SBS reporters, claiming they "colluded in North Korea's assassination terrorism," the police sent the case to the prosecution on the 2nd of this month with a recommendation for indictment on charges of trespassing in a shared residence and a recommendation for non-prosecution on charges of violating the Personal Information Protection Act.

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