Saturday, November 22, 2014

Two University Students Graffiti National Assembly, Say It Was For Homework

Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police have charged but not detained Moon and Kim  (University Students) for illegally entering the National Assembly and marking the building with graffiti. (The official charge is trespassing in a public building and damage to a public object).

According to the police, at 5:55 p.m., Moon (and Kim) used black paint to graffiti “I hate you” on a column near the rear entrance of the main National Assembly building in Yeouido.

The two slipped in through the southern entrance at 5:20 p.m., and encountered no resistance. After the crime was committed, they were caught at the scene by a situation room employee and a riot police officer patrolling the area.

Moon and Kim are current students at a university in Seoul . In the police report, they stated that, “We had an assignment to make a video advertisement expressing freedom that was out-of-the-ordinary. So we wrote that and were going to take a video of it. We didn't know it was a crime.



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