Lee Sujeong Reveals Threatening Note... "Bae Hyunjin Attack Feels Personal"

Screenshot of Professor Lee Su-jeong's Facebook (Source: Professor Lee Su-jeong's Facebook)

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As Baek Hyun-jin, a member of the People Power Party, was attacked, Lee Soo-jung, a professor in the Department of Criminal Psychology at Kyonggi University and a preliminary candidate for Suwon Jeong in Gyeonggi Province from the People Power Party, also shared a ‘threatening note’ she recently received on her social media account, saying, “Baek’s incident does not feel like someone else’s. I wish her a speedy recovery.”

On the 26th, Professor Lee posted on her Facebook, “This is the first threatening message I received as a note after hearing the news of my candidacy,” and shared a photo of the note that had been slipped into the crack of her school research lab door in early last month. The author, who identified themselves as “a voter who does not want to lose a great figure of Suwon,” wrote, “I am leaving this letter because you are not present. I heard well about your intention to run. You are running (in the general election) to prevent the country from falling apart, but why the People Power Party?” They added, “Our Suwon is the only city where the member of the National Assembly, mayor, and governor are all from the Democratic Party.” They also demanded that Professor Lee withdraw her candidacy from the People Power Party, saying, “You should run as a Democrat or an independent.”

Regarding the note, Professor Lee wrote, “The fact that it was slipped into the crack of my lab door means they could know my location and movements.” She added, “For a moment, fear paralyzed my judgment, but I decided to forget it. Because after liberal democracy and the market economy collapse, neither I nor South Korea can move forward.” She continued, “Baek’s incident does not feel like someone else’s. I wish her a speedy recovery. We have a duty that we must fulfill for future generations.”

Professor Lee Su-jeong, Department of Criminal Psychology, Kyonggi University. Photo by Heo Young-han younghan@

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On the previous day around 5:18 p.m., Assemblywoman Baek was attacked by A, a 15-year-old second-year middle school student, who was holding a rock, at a building in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The assailant grabbed Baek’s head and struck it about 15 times for roughly 10 seconds while she was collapsed. Baek suffered significant bleeding on her head and was transported to a university hospital. She received emergency treatment and is currently hospitalized and resting.

The hospital stated in a briefing the day before, “A CT scan was performed independently, and the scalp laceration of about 1 cm was sutured in the first stage. There were no signs of bleeding inside the scalp or fractures,” adding, “We need to monitor her condition a bit longer.”

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