Netizen nabbed after 'attack on Moon' joke
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A man who threatened to attack President Moon Jae-in has been caught. / Courtesy of Flickr
By Eom Da-sol
Police have caught a man who threatened online to attack President Moon Jae-in.
Identified by his surname Lee, 20, the man ― who lives in a South Jeolla Province city ― last Saturday threatened on online community website DC Inside to “attack the President.”
Three photos showed a butane gas bottle and presidential residence Cheong Wa Dae.
The post went viral in only a few hours, scaring Lee enough to delete the post. But police tracked down the IP address of his computer and found him on Monday.
“I feel sorry. The post was nothing more than a joke. I did not expect the situation to become this serious,” Lee reportedly told police.
Police will decide whether to arrest him.
On May 5, another man in 20s posted on the same website a plan to assassinate Moon. The man turned himself in to Goseong-gun police in South Gyeongsang Province after the post went viral.