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We will continue the news we have only covered. Yesterday (25th), at dawn, a report was reported that a drunk passenger hit another taxi driver in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul. As the police dispatched and grabbed it, the incumbent police officers were also quite high officer level. It happened on the same night as the inauguration of the new Chief of Police.

This is an exclusive report by Ahn Hee-jae.

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night, a road in Seoul, a taxi running slowly stops and a police car arrives soon.

Yesterday at about midnight, 112 reports of taxi passengers assaulting a driver were reported on a road in Yeongdeungpo-gu.

When he refused to charge for electronic cigarettes, he shook the knight's shoulders and grabbed his neck and struck him.

The driver stopped the car on one side of the road here as the passengers stopped driving until he passed over to the front seat.


The dispatched police officer confirmed the identification, and this was the passenger and the current police officer.

The man caught was 38-year-old Mr. A of the Gwanak Police Station in Seoul.

In a call with SBS, Mr. A said, "I was on my way home after drinking with an acquaintance near Noryangjin Station."

He explained, "I apologized to the article and agreed to file a complaint."

Under current law, assaulting taxi drivers on the road may result in imprisonment for up to five years or a fine of up to 20 million won.

The police, who returned Mr. A because of their identity, called Mr. A this morning and said they were investigating and using the taxi black box to locate the police.

The Seoul Gwanak Police Station is planning to issue Mr. A a wait and decide the level of discipline.

(Video coverage: Choi Woong Choi, video editing: Yumira)