"I struck him with a liquor bottle"... Report assault by embassy staff in China

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There was another unpleasant thing at overseas missions.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is investigating a report that an official dispatched to the Korean Embassy in Beijing struck the head of an administrative employee with a bottle of alcohol.

This is Kim Ji-sung, correspondent in Beijing.

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the 4th, 5 employees of the Korean Embassy in China drank together at a bar in Wangjing, a district where Koreans were concentrated in Beijing.

There were also civil servants Mr. A and Mr. B from the National Assembly and the National Intelligence Service, and Mr. C, a Korean administrative employee, respectively.

Around 11 o'clock at night, there was a flurry between the three.

Mr. C claims that Mr. A struck Mr. C's head with a bottle of alcohol when Mr. C, an administrative staff member, protested against Mr. A's rude speech and behavior.

Mr. C claimed that Mr. B of the NIS also pushed himself down and punched him in the face.

Administrative employee C was treated at a local hospital and reported the case to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Mr. B of the NIS is known to have claimed that administrative employee C also threw a bottle at Mr. A and that it happened in the process of drying it.

On the day of the incident, the Beijing authorities advised to refrain from meetings as much as possible and to hold meetings within two hours.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs separates the parties and is conducting an investigation.

The Korean Federation of Trade Unions defined this case as a sacking action against an administrative official by a dispatched official in a relatively dominant position, and demanded a strong punishment and an official government apology.

(Video coverage: Choi Deok-Hyeon and Ha Ryung, Video Editing: Won-hee Won, CG: Lee Jun-ho and Jung Hoe-yoon)