'Threatened with Model Gun' Jang Ho-kwon, President of Gwangbokhoe, Sent for Special Threat Charges

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] Jang Ho-gwon, chairman of the Gwangbokhoe, who was accused of threatening a Gwangbokhoe member with a model gun, has been handed over to the prosecution.

On the 20th, the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul announced that they had sent Chairman Jang to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office on the previous day on charges of special intimidation.

Earlier, Chairman Jang was accused on the 22nd of last month of threatening a Gwangbokhoe member A at the chairman's office inside the Gwangbokhoe Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, with a model gun.

He claimed that he was holding an electric shaver, not a gun, but the police reportedly confirmed through closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage that Chairman Jang took a model gun out of his bag at the time.

A police official explained the reason for the transfer, saying, "Although it was a model gun, the other party perceived it as a dangerous object, and although it was not directly aimed, we considered the fact that it was possessed and used for intimidation."

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