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A man in his 50s has been arrested by police on charges of whipping and threatening an employee with his belt at an import car dealership in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The man, an executive at a small and medium-sized cosmetics company, claims that he was also assaulted.

Reporter Cho Min-ki has the details.

[Reporter]

This is outside an import car dealership in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

A man swings his belt toward another man's face.

Though bystanders try to intervene, the man swings the belt again, seemingly unable to contain his anger.

It was around 11:00 AM when the man in his 50s, surnamed A, went on a rampage that included slapping a dealership employee.

Mr. A, an executive at a small and medium-sized cosmetics company, reportedly complained about a defect in a vehicle he had purchased, claiming that the dealership employee instead 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 the employee.

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

He opened restroom doors one by one,

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

He 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, him hitting my face with his belt.]

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

The day after the assault, Mr. A returned to the dealership and threatened to retaliate for reporting him to the police, leading to his arrest at the scene.

[Dealership Employee: The biggest thing was being terrified. And the thought 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 seriously injured."

SBS contacted the cosmetics company where Mr. A works several times to get their stance on the incident, but was unable to reach them.

(Video by Seol Chi-hwan | Video Editing by Choi Jin-hwa | Design by Lee Jong-jung)