A woman in her 40s was arrested and jailed after she spat at and cursed at an officer on duty at a protest site blocking the Olympic Park ballot counting center in Songpa District, Seoul.
According to legal sources on the 25th, the Seoul Eastern District Court held a pretrial detention hearing (warrant review) for a suspect surnamed Kim (45), who is accused of obstructing the performance of official duties, at 2 p.m. the same day and issued an arrest warrant, saying there was a risk of flight and a possibility of reoffending.
Kim was arrested at the scene on the morning of the 23rd on suspicion of spitting at and cursing at a police officer who was managing the protest site at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium in Songpa District, Seoul, after asking the officer's name.
Kim also is accused of saying "We need to investigate Chinese people's personal information," filming the faces of officers deployed at the protest site with a cellphone without permission, and hurling insults at officers' families.
After the incident, controversy grew on social media (SNS) as a video spread showing that when Kim spat at the officer, the officer immediately slapped Kim on the cheek.
At about 3:44 p.m. that day, after finishing the review, Kim came out and said, "I was assaulted by the police and they also choked me," and "everything is unfair."
Regarding this, police said they are checking the exact facts based on the circumstances before and after the arrest and videos, and will decide later whether to launch an internal investigation.