60s Male Wandering Daehangno with a Weapon Arrested and Sent to Prosecution

A man wandering with a weapon in Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, was handed over to the prosecution in custody.

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According to the police on the 23rd, the Hyehwa Police Station in Seoul sent Mr. Park, a man in his 60s accused of special intimidation, to prosecution in custody that morning.

Park is suspected of wandering about 300 meters near the annex of Sungkyunkwan Language Institute in Jongno-gu around 9:25 p.m. on the 17th, carrying a weapon over 20 cm in length. The police urgently arrested him at his home in Jongno-gu within an hour of the report and applied for an arrest warrant the next day.

During the police investigation, Park said, "I was watching a video on my phone when I heard a loud noise outside the house and decided to kill someone."

Meanwhile, 1,015 people including activists from the civic group 'Homeless Action' and acquaintances of Park submitted a petition asking for leniency when Park was to undergo a suspect interrogation (warrant hearing) before detention. The activists stated in the petition, "It is true that Park caused anxiety by carrying a weapon," but argued, "Considering his disability characteristics and life history, detention is not appropriate." They emphasized that Park is a person with a severe developmental disability with a mental age of only 3 to 7 years. However, on the 19th, the Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Park based on the seriousness of the crime, risk of flight, and risk of reoffending.

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