'Assaulted Substitute Driver and Caused Disturbance to Police' Former Ruling Party Ethics Committee Deputy Head Booked

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] A former vice chairman of the ruling party’s Ethics Tribunal was booked by the police for assaulting a designated driver while intoxicated and causing a disturbance with responding officers.

On the 27th, the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul announced that lawyer A, who served as the vice chairman of the Democratic Party’s Ethics Tribunal, was booked without detention on charges of assaulting a driver during operation and obstruction of official duties under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, and is currently under investigation.

According to the police, on the 13th at around 8:30 p.m., A allegedly assaulted designated driver B inside a car by hitting B’s ribs and pulling B’s ear while traveling from Itaewon, Seoul, to a hotel in Yeouido after drinking alcohol.

After arriving at the destination, A continued the assault by pulling B out of the driver’s seat and wrapping his arm around B’s head.

He is also accused of verbally abusing the police officers who responded to B’s report and causing a disturbance by shouting at the police station.

Meanwhile, A served as the vice chairman of the Democratic Party Central Ethics Tribunal from February last year to January this year. Ahead of the 21st general election, he was appointed as the vice chairman of the Democratic Party’s Preliminary Candidate Qualification Review Committee and a member of the Proportional Representation Candidate Recommendation Management Committee. In 2018, he was also appointed as an advisory member of the National Assembly Ethics Review Committee.

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