Belgian Ambassador Returns to Home Country with Wife Amid Assault Controversy

The victim, a clothing store clerk, and their family, who were slapped by the wife of the Belgian ambassador to Korea currently under police investigation for assault, released photos of their swollen cheek and CCTV footage of the assault on the 20th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Peter Lescouhier, the Belgian ambassador to Korea, has returned to his home country with his wife, who caused a scandal due to an assault incident.

According to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official on the 9th, Ambassador Lescouhier and his wife departed for Belgium that day.

Earlier, the ambassador's wife, Suechiu Xiang, was investigated by the police for slapping a clothing store employee in April, and on the 5th, she was involved in a dispute with a sanitation worker, resulting in mutual assault.

The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs announced after the clothing store assault incident that Ambassador Lescouhier's term would end this summer, but when the ambassador's wife was involved in another assault incident, he reportedly ordered an immediate return, according to foreign media reports.

Ambassador Lescouhier presented his credentials in July 2018.

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