Geochang County Official Assaulted by Landscaping Contractor Shows Concussion Symptoms, Police Launch Investigation

Company representatives attending a construction-related meeting express dissatisfaction and throw punches at officials upon request

Geochang Police Station, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The police have launched an investigation into an incident where a landscaping company official, dissatisfied with the content of a landscaping construction meeting, assaulted a public official in charge in Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam, causing a concussion.

According to Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam, on the 14th, a landscaping company official swung a fist at the public official in charge during an on-site progress meeting for the landscaping construction of the Bbaejegang Aging Experience Zone in Gojae-myeon, Geochang-gun, on September 9.

Geochang-gun took the incident seriously and filed a complaint with the Geochang Police Station on the 13th against Mr. A, who committed the violence, on charges of obstruction of official duties and assault.

Mr. A is the father of the representative of the landscaping company that received the private contract for the construction, and it is known that he assaulted public official Mr. B after repeatedly expressing dissatisfaction with the meeting content and using abusive language and insults on the day.

According to several testimonies at the scene, Mr. A, while listening to explanations about the project site, refused Mr. B's request to plant the remaining quantity around the area after a design change for planting herbaceous plants and used abusive language.

Considering Mr. B's status as a public official, he bowed his head and apologized to calm the tense atmosphere at the site, but at that moment, Mr. A's fist flew into Mr. B's face.

The violence was stopped by people around, but Mr. A continued to use abusive language afterward.

Due to the assault that day, Mr. B was hospitalized for several days with concussion symptoms and has been receiving treatment for a month even after discharge.

A county official said, "There are often cases of abusive language due to bad moods at construction sites, but this assault is not something to be overlooked, and since a public official was directly assaulted, we filed a complaint."

The Geochang Police Station is investigating Mr. A on charges of obstruction of official duties and assault.

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