People Power Party Nominee Rejected Candidate Attempts Self-Immolation in Front of Party Office... Transported to Hospital (Comprehensive)

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Jang Il, former chairman of the People Power Party's Nowon district committee, attempted self-immolation in protest after being excluded from the party nomination on the 2nd, leading to a confrontation with the police.

On that day, Jang poured a liquid presumed to be gasoline on himself in front of the People Power Party headquarters in Yeouido, held a lighter in his right hand, and confronted the police for about 15 minutes before setting himself on fire. The police immediately extinguished the flames on Jang's clothes with a fire extinguisher. Jang, who was subdued by the police, was transported to the hospital while conscious.

Jang said, "I believed that the People Power Party had been conducting clean nominations, but in the end, they made a chaotic nomination. Seeing the nomination in Nowon Gap, I came to the party headquarters thinking that there should be no more victims."

The People Power Party announced a three-way primary in Nowon Gap among former Seoul city council member Kim Kwang-soo, Kim Seon-gyu, president of the Korea Cybersecurity Association, and Hyun Kyung-byeong, former secretary to the Seoul mayor.

Kim Jun-ho, former researcher at Seoul National University's National Fiscal Research Center, was given priority recommendation for Nowon Won.

Jang had applied for the nomination in Nowon Gap but was not included in either the primary candidate list or the priority nomination list.

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