Author of Murder Threat Against Democratic Party Lawmaker Also Arrested

The author who posted a threat to kill the judge who dismissed President Yoon Suk-yeol's detention review petition has been apprehended by the police.


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On the 22nd, the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced that they arrested one suspect who posted a murder threat against a judge at the Seoul Central District Court on the 18th and plan to transfer the suspect for prosecution.


The police also apprehended and investigated a suspect who posted a murder threat against a member of the National Assembly belonging to the Democratic Party of Korea on the 19th. Currently, the police are investigating a total of 55 posts and videos threatening heinous crimes against the Constitutional Court, courts, National Assembly, and police.



A representative from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency stated, "We will continue to conduct swift and strict investigations into similar threatening and illegal incitement posts."


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