On the 26th, when Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, visited Ajou University, a post about hiring a hitman was posted on the university's online community, prompting police to launch an investigation.
According to the Cyber Investigation Unit of the Southern Gyeonggi Police Agency, a post was made at 10:51 a.m. on the university's online community 'Everytime' stating, "If you stab Lee Jae-myung today, contact me for reward ㄱㄱ (go go, an internet term suggesting encouragement)."
The candidate was scheduled to hold a discussion meeting with university students about youth policies starting at 11 a.m. that day. The post appeared about 9 minutes before the start of the event.
The candidate conducted the discussion meeting without any incidents. The meeting, which lasted for over an hour, concluded around 12:15 p.m. without any issues. It was reported that the commotion did not occur until the candidate left the Ajou University campus around 12:40 p.m.
That afternoon, the police received reports about the post and began a preliminary investigation. It is reported that the police are planning to identify and track down the author in future investigations.
On that morning, the police stated at a regular press briefing, "We received 11 threatening messages related to candidate Lee Jae-myung, and one was referred to prosecution. Additionally, we received one case related to Lee Jun-seok, the Reform Party candidate, which is under investigation," adding, "Out of 12 cases, 6 have been resolved, 1 identified the author, and 5 are still being tracked."