A Man in His 40s Arrested for Assaulting Election Campaign Workers of the People Power Party's Gangseo-gu Mayor Candidate

A man in his 40s was arrested by the police on charges of assaulting a campaign worker for Kim Tae-woo, the People Power Party candidate running in the Gangseo District Office by-election.

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On the 8th, the Gangseo Police Station in Seoul booked and is investigating Mr. A for violating the Public Official Election Act after he verbally abused and threw punches at campaign workers for candidate Kim on the streets of Banghwa-dong that day.

The police responded to a report stating "a man was causing a disturbance and interfering with the election campaign" and arrested Mr. A on the spot as a suspect caught in the act.

The police plan to investigate the specific circumstances of the incident, including whether there was direct assault and whether Mr. A committed the act for political reasons.

Earlier, on the 30th of last month, the police also arrested a woman in her 50s who verbally abused and swung an umbrella at campaign workers for candidate Kim during a campaign event.

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