Drunken Attempted Sexual Assault Over Fence on Chuseok Day: Public Official Arrested and Sent to Prosecution

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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] A public official in his 50s has been handed over to the prosecution on charges of attempting sexual assault after entering another person's home while intoxicated on Chuseok day.

Seoul Seodaemun Police Station announced on the 20th that they had sent A, a Mapo District Office public official who was arrested on the 14th on charges of violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes (trespassing, quasi-forced sexual assault), to the prosecution.

A is accused of climbing over the wall of a multi-family house in Bukgajwa-dong, Seodaemun-gu, around 4 a.m. on the 10th and secretly entering the victim's home to attempt sexual assault. It was investigated that he fled when the victim, who was sleeping on the sofa, screamed.

The police, who responded to the report, urgently arrested him at his residence on the same day in the afternoon. It is known that A was intoxicated at the time of the crime.

Accordingly, the police applied for an arrest warrant, and on the 12th, the Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant, citing "concerns of evidence destruction and flight."

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