Knife Incident at Lee Jae-myung's Hunger Strike Site... Woman in Her 50s Sent to Custody

A woman in her 50s who injured a police officer by wielding a weapon at the hunger strike site of Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, has been handed over to the prosecution.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who is continuing his 12th day of fasting protest, is lying in the fasting protest tent in front of the National Assembly main building in Yeouido, Seoul on the 11th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the 22nd, the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul announced that Kim Mo (56, female), who is accused of causing injury while obstructing official duties, was sent to prosecution in custody on the 19th.

Kim is accused of causing a disturbance in front of the hunger strike site of Lee Jae-myung, set up in front of the National Assembly main building on the 14th, and wielding a weapon at two female police officers from the National Assembly security team who tried to stop her.

The injured police officers were transported to the hospital, and one of them underwent suturing surgery due to severe wounds.

Earlier, the police applied for an arrest warrant for Kim on the 15th, and the court issued the warrant, citing "risk of flight."

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