Arrest Warrant for 20-Year-Old Who Posted 77 Threatening Messages Targeting Representative Lee Jae-myung

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An arrest warrant has been requested for a man who posted a murder threat against Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party, on the internet.

On the 4th, the Hongseong Branch of the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office announced that it had requested an arrest warrant the previous day for a man in his 20s, identified as Mr. A, on charges of intimidation for posting a murder threat against Lee Jae-myung.

According to the prosecution, Mr. A is accused of posting murder threat messages 77 times over two hours on a specific internet bulletin board on the 3rd of last month. This was the day after Lee was attacked by a person wielding a weapon in Busan.

The police arrested Mr. A on the 2nd and have been investigating the reasons behind his posting of the murder threat messages. The prosecution judged that the seriousness of the case, along with concerns about flight risk and evidence tampering, justified detention.

The decision on whether to detain Mr. A will be made after the warrant hearing concludes today.

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