Police Arrest Author Who Threatened to Kill Judge Who Dismissed Yoon's Detention Review Request

by Choi Youngchan

Published 22 Jan.2025 13:50(KST)

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.

Police Arrest Author Who Threatened to Kill Judge Who Dismissed Yoon's Detention Review Request

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."