Police Take Emergency Hospitalization Measures for Man in His 20s Wandering Downtown with a Weapon

The police took emergency hospitalization measures for a man in his 20s who was wandering around the Sillim Station area in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, carrying a weapon.

According to the police on the 8th, the Gwanak Police Station in Seoul took emergency hospitalization measures for a man in his 20s, Mr. A, who was arrested the previous day on charges of violating the Minor Offenses Act.

Mr. A is suspected of wandering around the Sillim Station area carrying a weapon at around 11 a.m. the previous day. The police judged that Mr. A is a person with a mental illness who urgently needs treatment and took emergency hospitalization measures.

The Act on the Improvement of Mental Health and the Support for Welfare Services for Mental Patients stipulates that if a person presumed to have a mental illness poses a significant risk of harm to themselves or others, emergency hospitalization can be requested at a mental health institution with the consent of a doctor and a police officer. The emergency hospitalization period is limited to within 3 days, excluding holidays.

A police official said, "People with mental illnesses are a kind of mentally and physically impaired individuals. We plan to conduct an investigation after they receive treatment."

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