Election posters of candidates for the 21st presidential election are attached under the rose flowers at an apartment fence./Courtesy of News1

A woman who set fire to a poster of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, has been arrested in the act.

The Gangbuk Police Station in Seoul stated on the 30th that they are investigating a woman surnamed A for violating the Public Official Election Act.

Ms. A is suspected of setting fire to a campaign poster of Lee around 4:33 a.m. that day, which was hanging on the wall of Samgaksan Elementary School in Mia-dong, Gangbuk District.

Police are investigating the details of the incident.

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