Man Strikes Foreign Car Dealership Employee With Belt

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A man in his 50s has been arrested by police in Seoul for allegedly using his belt to assault and threaten an employee at a foreign car dealership. The man, an executive at a cosmetics company, claims that he was also hit, arguing that it was a case of mutual assault. However, CCTV footage clearly captured the entire incident.

Reporter Cho Min-ki has the details.

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This is in front of a foreign car dealership in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

A man swings his belt toward the face of another man.

People nearby try to intervene, but the man, seemingly unable to contain his anger, swings the belt again.

The incident, in which a man in his 50s identified as Mr. A rampaged and slapped a dealership employee, occurred at around 11:00 AM yesterday (October 12).

Mr. A, an executive at a small- and medium-sized cosmetics company, reportedly went to complain about a defect in a vehicle he had purchased, claiming that the dealership employee implied the responsibility lay with him.

After the employee walked away, Mr. A even picked up a plastic shovel from the parking lot and searched for him.

[Mr. A: Hey! Where the hell did you go?]

He opened the restroom doors one by one.

[Mr. A: I will find you. Come out. (Sir, please put that down for a moment.) Come out! (Someone's going to get hurt.)]

He even shouted that he would not leave until he found him.

[Mr. A: Bring him here. Bring that bastard here, bring him!]

The situation did not easily calm down even after the police arrived.

[Dealership Employee: It's all caught on camera, you hitting my face with a belt.]

[Mr. A: Hey, hey, hey, I'll just pay the fine, you bastard.]

A day after the assault, Mr. A returned to the dealership and threatened retaliation for calling the police, ultimately leading to his arrest at the scene.

[Dealership Employee: The biggest thing was that I was terrified. And that he might come back someday and retaliate against us.]

A police official stated, "It appears there was mutual assault as the other party also struck back," adding, "No one was severely injured."

SBS made multiple attempts to reach the cosmetics company where Mr. A works to obtain their stance on the incident, but was unable to make contact.

(Video by: Seol Chi-hwan | Video Editing by: Choi Jin-hwa | Graphics by: Lee Jong-jung)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.