"Election Interference Is a Crime Threatening Democracy... Requesting Leniency Only This Time"
[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party candidate running in the Incheon Gyeyang-eul by-election, expressed on the 22nd that he "hopes for leniency" regarding the 60-year-old perpetrator A, who threw a metal bowl at him during the campaign.
Lee's campaign team announced this morning, "Regarding the arrest warrant application for the perpetrator who threw a metal bowl at Candidate Lee, he expressed that he 'hopes for leniency.'"
Lee Jae-myung, the General Election Committee Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, is greeting citizens while touring the Gyulhyeon-dong area in Gyeyang-gu, Incheon on the 20th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@
They added, "Candidate Lee said, 'I feel saddened by the news of the arrest warrant application,'" and explained, "'Acts of violence and election interference are crimes that threaten democracy, and I hope that this incident will serve as a turning point so that such events never happen to anyone again.'" They also added, "'This time, I ask for leniency.'"
The perpetrator, A, was investigated for throwing a stainless steel bowl used for chicken bones at Candidate Lee, who was passing in front of a restaurant in Gyesan-dong, Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, while campaigning around 9:30 p.m. on the 20th, after drinking with an acquaintance at the restaurant.
He reportedly stated during the police investigation, "I threw it because I was drinking and got upset due to the noise."
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