On the night of the 1st, near Seoul City Hall, a passenger car drove the wrong way through an intersection and struck pedestrians, resulting in 9 deaths. On the morning of the 2nd, someone placed a bouquet of chrysanthemums near the accident site. Photo by Heo Younghan younghan@
A man in his 40s who wrote mocking posts about the victims of the wrong-way driving accident near Seoul City Hall Station has been booked by the police.
On the 5th, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul announced that they have booked a man in his 40s, Mr. A, on charges of defamation of the deceased for writing posts criticizing the bank employees who died in the wrong-way driving accident at City Hall Station.
Mr. A is suspected of leaving a note criticizing the victims at the memorial site near the accident scene that morning.
The police reportedly tracked Mr. A’s movements through CCTV footage and identified him before booking him.
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