50-Year-Old Woman Who Wielded a Weapon at Police in Lee Jae-myung's Hunger Strike Site Arrested

A woman in her 50s who wielded a weapon at the protest site of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, injuring police officers belonging to the National Assembly Security Guards, was apprehended by the police.

On the 14th day of his hunger strike, Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is having a conversation with former Presidential Chief of Staff Noh Young-min in the party leader's office at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 13th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

The Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul announced on the 14th that they arrested a woman in her 50s, identified as Ms. A, on charges of obstructing official duties.

Ms. A is accused of swinging a weapon at two female officers of the National Assembly Security Guards who were enforcing an eviction order after she caused a disturbance with loud shouting around 7:40 p.m. in front of Lee’s hunger strike protest site inside the National Assembly. The injured female officers were transported to a hospital.

The police arrested Ms. A at the scene. They plan to investigate the specific circumstances of the crime, including whether she was under the influence of alcohol.

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