20s Male Assaulting Female Convenience Store Part-Timer Saying "Feminists Deserve to Be Hit" Faces Court

A man in his 20s who indiscriminately assaulted a female convenience store part-time worker, calling her a feminist, has been brought to trial.

The Criminal Division 2 of Changwon District Prosecutors' Office in Gyeongnam announced on the 21st that they have arrested and indicted a man in his 20s, identified as A, on charges including special injury after he violently assaulted a convenience store part-time worker and a customer and was caught at the scene.

According to the prosecution and police, A was apprehended on suspicion of assaulting a woman in her 20s, B, who was working part-time at a convenience store in Hadae-dong, Jinju City, around 12:10 a.m. on the 4th, by punching and kicking her.

A is also charged with damaging B’s mobile phone and store property, as well as violently assaulting a customer in his 50s, C, who tried to intervene, including hitting him with a chair inside the store.

As a result of A’s assault, B suffered a sprain and ligament damage in her arm and injuries to her ear, while C sustained fractures to his shoulder, forehead, and nose.

Gyeongnam Changwon District Prosecutors' Office.
Photo by Lee Seryeong

At the time, A reportedly assaulted B while saying, “Since your hair is short, you must be a feminist,” and “Feminists need to be beaten a little.”

He continued the assault on C, saying, “Why are you taking the man’s side? That woman is a feminist.”

The prosecution believes that A harbored resentment toward feminists and judged B’s short hair as indicative of being a feminist, which led him to commit the crime.

A prosecution official stated, “We will strictly respond to hate crimes that express prejudice and hatred toward specific groups and their members, and we will do our best to protect the victims.”

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