A YouTuber in their 40s who was arrested by police for causing an assault at a campaign rally for Cho Kuk, the Rebuilding Korea Party candidate running in the Pyeongtaek-eul National Assembly by-election, has been released.
According to police on the 25th, the Pyeongtaek branch of the Suwon District Court granted a petition for examination of the legality of arrest filed by A, who is suspected of violating the Public Official Election Act and obstructing the performance of official duties, on the afternoon of the same day.
The court said, "Regarding the suspicion of obstruction of the performance of official duties, there appears to be room for dispute," adding, "The suspect has a fixed residence, and it is difficult to conclude there is a risk of destroying evidence or fleeing, so there is also a need to protect the suspect's right to defense."
Accordingly, A, who had been arrested in the act the previous day, was released by police. Police plan to investigate A without detention going forward.
On the 24th, at Jeongtosa in Pyeongtaek, A is suspected of assaulting B, an election worker for candidate Cho, by pulling their clothes, saying B had engaged in illegal filming. Earlier, at a press briefing at the scene, A asked Cho, "You once described sexual relations between a minor and an adult as consensual love; do you still think the same now?" and argued with Cho's side.
At the time, when three police officers on standby at the scene to protect Cho tried to restrain A, A also assaulted them and was arrested in the act.