By Kwon Mee-yoo
Police have requested an arrest warrant for a 63-year-old man who threw feces at the tomb of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun, in his hometown of Bongha Village in Gimhae.
The Gimhae Seobu Police Station in South Gyeongsang Province requested the warrant for the man, identified only by his surname Jeong, Monday, on the charge of desecrating the grave of the former President who passed away last year.
Jeong allegedly hurled human feces onto a broad and flat epitaph in front of Roh’s grave, while pretending to pay respects to the late President who committed suicide in May 2009.
Police said he hid the excrement in a plastic box and put it in a paper bag.
According to the police, Jeong planned the action about a month in advance. He bought a plastic bottle to collect a week’s excrement and prepared dozens of handouts reading, “The pro-North Korean sect has caused confusion about the country’s identity.”
“I had expected to get arrested, but I wanted to urge the Prosecutor General to reinvestigate the former President,” Jeong said, according to the police.
The police concluded that Jeong acted alone after reviewing CCTV footage near the grave and a train station.
The opposition Democratic Party and supporters of the former President have asked the police to conduct a thorough investigation into the case to discern whether there were any collaborators.