Prosecutors Request Arrest Warrant for 70-Year-Old YouTuber Who Attacked Representative Song Young-gil with a Blunt Object

Application of Charges for Special Injury and Violation of the Public Official Election Act

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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] The prosecution filed an arrest warrant on the 8th for YouTuber Pyo (70), who struck Song Young-gil, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, with a blunt weapon at a campaign site.

The Seoul Seodaemun Police Station applied charges of special injury and violation of the Public Official Election Act against Pyo and requested an arrest warrant from the prosecution on the same day. The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office announced that it filed the arrest warrant with the court on the same day. The schedule for the pre-arrest suspect interrogation (warrant hearing) to decide Pyo's detention has not yet been set.

Pyo is accused of repeatedly striking Song’s head with a blunt weapon around 12:05 p.m. on the 7th at the plaza in front of Sinchon U-Plex in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, where Song was campaigning. Immediately after hitting Song, Pyo reportedly shouted, "I oppose the South Korea-U.S. military exercises." It was confirmed that since last month, Pyo had been following Song’s campaign sites and uploading videos to his YouTube channel.

Meanwhile, Song sustained a serious head injury and underwent suturing surgery but resumed his presidential election support campaign starting with a solo campaign at Yeouido Station in Yeongdeungpo-gu that morning.

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