Middle School Student Caught by Police for Damaging Election Posters as a Boast

On the 26th of last month, ahead of the April 7 by-election, a citizen is looking at the election posters of the Seoul mayoral candidates on a street in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] A middle school student who damaged election posters of candidates in the Seoul mayoral by-election was caught by the police.

The Seocho Police Station in Seoul announced on the 6th that they plan to send middle school student A (13) to the juvenile court on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act.

A is suspected of damaging election posters posted in an apartment complex in Seocho-gu around 3 p.m. on the 2nd of this month. He damaged the posters of candidate No. 1 Park Young-sun of the Democratic Party and candidate No. 11 Kim Jin-ah of the Women's Party using an ice cream stick.

The police, who started the investigation at the request of the Seocho District Election Commission, apprehended A the day before. It is known that A stated he damaged the posters boastfully while walking with two friends.

A police official said, "Since he is a criminal minor under the age of 14 (a juvenile exempt from criminal prosecution), he was not formally charged."

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