People Power Party's Bae Jun-young: "The Command is Responsible for the Police Officer Injured at the Western District Court"

On the 20th, Bae Jun-young, a member of the People Power Party, criticized the acting Commissioner of the National Police Agency, Lee Ho-young, regarding the Seoul Western District Court assault incident, asking, "Why did you not issue an order to equip protective gear?"

Baek Jun-young, a member of the People Power Party, is speaking at the hearing on allegations of external pressure in the investigation of drug smuggling cases involving customs, held by the Administrative Safety Committee at the National Assembly on the 20th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

During the plenary session of the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee that day, Representative Bae acknowledged, "I admit that the rioters were at fault," but also scolded, "Did the acting commissioner do nothing wrong?"

The acting commissioner Lee responded, "The injuries to the police officers were not due to command errors but because of the violent riot."

He added, "There are 5,000 police riot squad members who have been working overnight continuously since the 3rd of last month, and this was the first time the court was breached," emphasizing, "The entire police force did their best."

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