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According to a number of South Korean media reports, Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, the largest opposition party in South Korea, was attacked while attending an event in Busan this morning (January 2), bleeding from his neck, and has been rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The assailant was brought under control at the scene.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has expressed deep concern for Lee's well-being, believing that his attack should never have happened. President Yoon Suk-yeol has instructed the police and other relevant departments to quickly find out the truth and do their utmost to provide support for Lee Jae-myung's medical treatment.
According to the report, when Lee Jae-myung was about to leave in the car after answering reporters' questions, a man in his fifties and sixties, wearing a paper crown with the words related to Lee Jae-myung's supporter group, suddenly took out a knife and stabbed Lee Jae-myung in the neck when he approached Lee Jae-myung's 'asking for an autograph', and the people around him screamed in shock. It is understood that the man's tool for committing the crime was a 30-centimeter long knife.
After Lee Jae-myung was attacked, he fell to the ground on the spot, and his shirt was stained red with blood. Subsequently, he was rushed to a nearby hospital by ambulance, and the suspect was arrested by the police on the spot.
Previously reported:
Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, officially resumed his duties on October 23, reiterating his call for President Yoon Suk-yeol to reshuffle his cabinet, Xinhua News Agency reported on October 24, 2023. Earlier, Lee Jae-myung was suspended from his post due to his deteriorating health after a 24-day hunger strike in protest against Yoon Suk-yeol's administration.
Lee Jae-myung said at a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) that the Yoon Suk-yeol government and the ruling People's Power Party were "irresponsible" and that South Korea's livelihood and economy were threatened. He called on Yoon Suk-yeol to change his governance style and reshuffle his cabinet in an all-round way.
At the same time, he said that the Democratic Party of Korea should shoulder the heavy responsibility of people's livelihood issues, and promised to lead the party to victory in the parliamentary elections in April next year.
Lee Jae-myung began a hunger strike on August 31, 2023, and was suspended from performing his duties on September 18, 2023, when he was hospitalized for treatment due to his deteriorating health. After being discharged from the hospital on October 9, 2023, he has been recuperating at home. Lee Jae-myung is now under investigation on suspicion of violating the election law and corruption. He denied the allegations, accusing the Yoon Suk-yeol administration of trying to "purge political opponents" from the move.
According to a CCTV News report on October 16, 2023, on October 16, 2023 local time, the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office in South Korea filed an additional indictment against Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, on the grounds of "suspected of abetting perjury".
Prosecutors pointed out that Lee Jae-myung was suspected of making several phone calls to Kim Byung-liang, the accompanying secretary of former Seongnam City Mayor Kim Byung-liang, between December 22 and 24, 2018, asking him to appear in court as a witness and give false testimony for Lee Jae-myung's impersonation of prosecutor. Kim later made statements favorable to Lee Jae-myung at the trial on February 14, 2019, and the Supreme Court of South Korea finally ruled that Lee Jae-myung was acquitted on October 24, 2020.
(Poster News Editor Bao Chunling, Comprehensive CCTV News, Xinhua News Agency, National Business Daily, etc.)