There was a case where a passenger on a city bus assaulted a bus driver. When asked to get off at a non-stop station, and was refused, he rioted. He slapped the driver in the cheek and even smoked a cigarette on the bus.
Reporter Jeong Ban-seok covered it.
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Inside a city bus running through downtown Seoul.
A passenger approaches the driver’s seat and suddenly slaps the bus driver in the cheek.
When a startled driver reported to the police, he approached again and took a traffic card.
[버스 승객 : 야! 나와 그러면. 야! 카드.]
This time pull the knight’s head.
They light a cigarette on the bus, threw the butt onto the floor, pick it up, and throw it at the driver’s seat.
This riot lasted for nearly 10 minutes.
[피해 버스 기사 : 승객분이 정류장이 아닌 곳에서 하차를 요구하셨고 해 드릴 수 없다고 말씀드리니 와서 ‘왜 안 내려주냐’ 욕을 계속하셨고 ‘안 됩니다’ 말씀드리니 제 턱을 치시고….]
Other passengers could get off the bus only after the police arrived.
The passenger in the riot was arrested as a current offender.
The police are reviewing the application of the charges of assaulting drivers under the Certain Criminal Weighted Penalty Act to the perpetrator.
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A 53-year-old monk who set fire to Daeungjeon at Naejangsa Temple in Jeongeup-si, Jeollabuk-do, a thousand-year old temple, was arrested.
The court stated the reasons for the issuance of the warrant, saying, “I am concerned about running away.”
[최모 씨/방화 혐의 승려 : (서운하게 했다는데 어떻게 서운하게 했나요?) 자세한 이야기는 안에 들어가서 말씀드리겠습니다. (뭐가 그렇게 서운하셨던 거예요?) 취중이라… 순간적으로 판단이 많이 흐렸습니다. (방화를) 하고 난 직후에 후회했습니다.]
Choi is accused of sprinkling gasoline and setting fire to Daewoongjeon in Naejangsa Temple after drinking alcohol the evening (5th) the day before.
At that time, Mr. Choi was arrested after calling the police to report that he had set fire.
(Video coverage: Ahn Sang-jun JTV, video editing: So Ji-hye)