On the morning of the 2nd, an incomprehensible phrase was painted in black and red on the wall of the passage leading up to Exit 6 of National Assembly Station on Line 9 in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul./News 1
Less than a month after a teenage man and woman carried out a ‘graffiti attack’ on the wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace last month after receiving a promise of financial compensation, unidentified graffiti whose contents were difficult to understand were discovered inside National Assembly Station on Seoul Subway Line 9, and the police are investigating. I went out.
According to the police, the Yeongdeungpo Police Station in Seoul announced on the morning of the 2nd that it was tracking down the unidentified author after receiving a report that there was spray graffiti on the National Assembly Station station on subway line 9 in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu. The content of the graffiti written on the wall of the passage leading to Exit 6 of the station is “Republic of Korea Part 4 1≒10″ “Japanese law and politics right? It was a phrase that was difficult to interpret as “1≈1.05?” and was found to have been written using a mixture of black and red spray paint.
Currently, all of the graffiti has been erased by Seoul Metro Line 9, which operates Seoul Subway Line 9. In the passageway at Exit 6 of National Assembly Station, which I visited around 10:30 a.m. on the 2nd, all of the graffiti near the escalator had been erased, and only fine spray marks remained. However, there was a strong smell of detergent near the wall where the graffiti was. A Line 9 official said, “After becoming aware of the incident on the morning of the 2nd, we erased all the graffiti using a sticker remover containing alcohol.” Mr. A (66), a cleaning worker at the National Assembly building station, said, “There was graffiti from the time I left for work around 6 a.m.” He added, “At first, I tried to erase the spray graffiti the size of an adult’s thumb by myself, but it took so long and was difficult that five people, including the cleaning team leader and a male station employee, joined in. “I deleted it for 1 hour and 30 minutes.” He continued, “I was trying to erase the graffiti with a rag and paper, but the smell was so strong that it brought tears to my eyes, and even when I wore a mask, the ingredients were so strong that it burned my throat.” He added, “I couldn’t even wipe off the spray marks on the rag.”
According to Seoul Metro Line 9, the passage where the graffiti is written is said to be open for citizen traffic without the shutters being lowered even during the early morning hours when the subway operation is over. It is believed that the crime was committed in the early morning when no one was around. The police said, “We are conducting an investigation, including tracking down the author, by analyzing closed-circuit television (CCTV) installed in the passage.”
Some have said that the graffiti crime at the National Assembly Station may be a copycat crime of the graffiti attack on the wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace that occurred last month, but the police are keeping their distance from any connection between the two incidents. At a press conference held this morning, an official from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said, “A direct relationship between the two graffiti has not been confirmed,” and “looking at the nature of the graffiti, the purpose appears to be different.” Jongno Police Station in Seoul is investigating the arrest of teenage criminals Lim (18) and Kim (17), who committed ‘graffiti terrorism’ using spray paint on a wall near Gyeongbokgung Palace in Jongno-gu on the 16th of last month, on charges of violating the Cultural Heritage Protection Act and damaging property. It was investigated that they committed the crime after receiving an advance deposit of 100,000 won after receiving an offer saying, “We will give you millions of won if you write graffiti related to an illegal video sharing site on the wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace.”
Meanwhile, some say that punishment should be strengthened to prevent a recurrence of graffiti attacks that have occurred in succession for a month. Profiler Bae Sang-hoon said, “The nature of the graffiti (at Gyeongbokgung Palace and the National Assembly Station) appears to be different, but it is the same in that it was done in public places.” He added, “Such graffiti terrorism causes great social damage, but rarely leads to imprisonment.” “That is the problem,” he said. He continued, “We should not only strengthen criminal punishment but also make sure to pay for damage recovery costs, which will create a little more awareness.”
2024-01-02 05:42:52
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