The Korea Herald/Asia News Network
Tuesday, Aug 28, 2012
A woman who got drunk and obstructed business at local stores in Seoul has been arrested, police said Monday.
The 37-year-old, whose name was withheld by authorities, routinely got drunk and demanded free food and liquor from a convenience store and a restaurant in Seoul's Seodaemun district, officials at Seodaemun Police Station said. Whenever workers at the two stores refused, she would get violent and "go on a rampage."
Last month, the suspect visited a restaurant and asked for a "free liquor and pork-on-the-bone soup to go." When the owner turned down her request, she swore and lay down at the entrance of the restaurant, stopping customers from entering.
In June, she took off her clothes and used violence against a clerk at a convenience store who tried to stop her from taking out soju and food without paying.
Police said she committed 55 similar offences at the two stores.
Earlier this month, President Lee Myung-bak called for a tough action against alcohol-induced violence, reflecting Korea's recent determination to eradicate so-called "jupok," or drunken violence.
Violence under the influence of alcohol is widespread in the country, but police and courts had been lenient in punishing offenders for such crimes.
The local authorities are vowing to enforce stricter penalties on drunken offenders.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency established a special team to deal with drunken offenders in May. The team has arrested 300 offenders in just over three months.
Tuesday, Aug 28, 2012
A woman who got drunk and obstructed business at local stores in Seoul has been arrested, police said Monday.
The 37-year-old, whose name was withheld by authorities, routinely got drunk and demanded free food and liquor from a convenience store and a restaurant in Seoul's Seodaemun district, officials at Seodaemun Police Station said. Whenever workers at the two stores refused, she would get violent and "go on a rampage."
Last month, the suspect visited a restaurant and asked for a "free liquor and pork-on-the-bone soup to go." When the owner turned down her request, she swore and lay down at the entrance of the restaurant, stopping customers from entering.
In June, she took off her clothes and used violence against a clerk at a convenience store who tried to stop her from taking out soju and food without paying.
Police said she committed 55 similar offences at the two stores.
Earlier this month, President Lee Myung-bak called for a tough action against alcohol-induced violence, reflecting Korea's recent determination to eradicate so-called "jupok," or drunken violence.
Violence under the influence of alcohol is widespread in the country, but police and courts had been lenient in punishing offenders for such crimes.
The local authorities are vowing to enforce stricter penalties on drunken offenders.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency established a special team to deal with drunken offenders in May. The team has arrested 300 offenders in just over three months.
