Landlord Threatened Tenant with Hammer Saying "Get Out Quickly"... Sent to Prosecution in Custody

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[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] A landlord who threatened a tenant with a weapon, demanding they move out quickly despite the lease period remaining, has been referred to the prosecution.

On the 21st, the Jungnang Police Station in Seoul announced that they had arrested and sent a man in his 50s, Mr. A, to the prosecution on the 15th on charges of special intimidation.

On the 10th at around 8:40 PM, Mr. A threatened the tenant by knocking on the door of a multi-family house located in Myeonmok-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul, with a hammer. It was reported that Mr. A threatened the tenant to leave the house. At that time, only Ms. C, a woman in her 40s and the daughter of tenant Mr. B, was alone in the house.

Mr. A had signed a sales contract with a person who intended to build a new building on the condition that all tenants be evicted. It was investigated that he committed this crime because if the contract conditions were not met, he would have to pay double the deposit as a penalty for breach of contract. However, it is known that tenant Mr. B still had about one year left on the lease period.

The police considered that a significant threat was posed to the safety of a woman living alone and referred the case to the prosecution with detention.

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