Police are investigating a member of the Free University, a support group for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, on suspicion of tearing a banner featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping's face during a demonstration near the Chinese Embassy in South Korea.
On the 9th, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul sent a summons to the Free University requiring them to appear for questioning on the 11th. The Free University is under suspicion of insulting the embassy during a 'protest against election fraud and surveillance rally' held around 8 p.m. on the 22nd of last month near the Chinese Embassy in Jung-gu, Seoul.
The organization is reported to have torn a banner of the Chinese national flag that had the faces of President Xi Jinping and the Ambassador of China, paid a visit to South Korea, printed on it during the rally.
Article 108 of the Criminal Code stipulates that anyone who insults or defames a foreign envoy dispatched to Korea shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine.
The Free University stated regarding the police's request for attendance, "We presume this is due to tearing the banner featuring the Chinese ambassador's face during the march."