Two Foreigners Arrested for Posting 'Threatening Leaflets' at the French Embassy in Seoul

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Police have arrested two foreign men who posted threatening leaflets on the wall of the French Embassy in South Korea.

According to the police on the 9th, the Seoul Western District Court issued an arrest warrant after a detention hearing for foreigner A (25), who is accused of threatening a diplomatic envoy, stating that the case is serious and that there is a risk of flight as he is an undocumented migrant.

The court also issued an arrest warrant on the 7th for accomplice B (25), who was apprehended earlier, citing concerns over evidence destruction and flight risk.

They are accused of posting five leaflets on the wall of the French Embassy in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, around 10:30 p.m. on the 1st of this month and fleeing the scene (threatening a diplomatic envoy).

The leaflets they posted contained messages such as "Do not destroy our religion" and "Those who point a knife at us shall be killed by that knife," and one leaflet had a red X mark drawn over a photo of President Macron.

The police first arrested B in a provincial city on the 4th and then apprehended A two days later.

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