Drunken Police Officer Assaults Pedestrian at Dawn... Under Internal Investigation
[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] An incident occurred where a drunken active-duty police officer got into an argument with a pedestrian on the street and assaulted them.
On the 27th, according to the Yangju Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, Lieutenant A of the Gangbuk Police Station in Seoul was booked without detention on assault charges and is under investigation.
Lieutenant A is accused of punching a pedestrian on a street in Yangju city around 2:30 a.m. on the 23rd.
Lieutenant A’s identity was revealed when the responding police officers arrested him as a suspect on the spot.
After being taken to the local police station, Lieutenant A continued to cause a disturbance, so the police sent him home and later summoned him again for questioning.
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The police are conducting an internal investigation into Lieutenant A.
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