An MZ Gangster Causes a Disturbance, Taking Off His Shirt After Being Stopped for Swearing and Drinking

Taking selfies boastfully after other customers leave

A gang member who caused a disturbance by taking off his shirt to reveal tattoos and damaging property in a restaurant has been handed over to the prosecution.

The Chungbuk Provincial Police Agency announced on the 20th that three individuals, including Mr. A (25), were arrested and sent to prosecution on charges of obstruction of business and property damage. Mr. A, affiliated with a gang in the Cheongju area, is accused of disrupting the restaurant's operations for nearly two hours in the early morning of January at a restaurant in Eumseong, Chungbuk, by drinking with two acquaintances, taking off his shirt to show his tattoos, spitting on the floor, and breaking items.

[Image provided by Chungbuk Police Agency]

Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage inside the restaurant shows the shirtless individuals deliberately knocking over chairs and suddenly throwing water bottles backward. After other customers left, they even took selfies as if boasting about their actions.

It was investigated that Mr. A and the others committed the acts after a staff member tried to stop them as they were loudly talking and swearing while drinking. Police who responded to a customer report apprehended them through CCTV analysis and inquiry investigations.

Meanwhile, young gangsters have been increasingly active recently. The National Police Agency’s Criminal Investigation Headquarters announced that from August last year for four months, they conducted a focused crackdown on organized crime, arresting a total of 1,183 people, of whom 189 were detained. When dividing the arrested individuals by age group during the crackdown period, those aged 30 and under (teens to 30s) accounted for 888 people (75.0%), indicating that many organized crime offenders from the MZ generation were caught. This was followed by 210 people in their 40s (17.8%) and 85 people aged 50 and above (7.2%).

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