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Graffiti Scandal at Gyeongbokgung Palace: The Fact Behind Foreman Lee Revealed

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Final 12 months, two youngsters caught scribbling on the wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace mentioned that they had acquired an nameless request to be paid to do the graffiti.

The particular person behind the graffiti, the so-called foreman Lee, was caught.

This was reported by journalist Je Eun-hyo.

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Final December, graffiti was written in pink and blue spray paint on the wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

It mentioned the film was free and the web site handle was in Korean.

The perpetrators of the graffiti captured by the police have been female and male youngsters.

They mentioned they scribbled after being supplied cash by an individual known as Staff Chief Lee, who they met through Telegram, if they might do graffiti.

The precise deposit paid was 100,000 gained.

The police adopted Staff Chief Lee’s path, together with studies and messengers, and caught him hiding in a motel in Jeollanam-do 5 months after the crime.

In a police investigation it was revealed that this squad chief, a person in his thirties who really runs the graffiti-filled web site, instigated the graffiti to advertise his web site, which illegally shares video content material.

It was confirmed that this crew chief ordered graffiti to be painted not solely on the Yeongchumun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, but additionally on the partitions of the Nationwide Palace Museum and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Company.

It was additional revealed that the information had been reported to the media to achieve consideration.

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“Sure. What is the scenario?”

To erase the graffiti, the Nationwide Heritage Administration and the previous Cultural Heritage Administration even mobilized a laser cleaner to hold out the restoration work.

Erasing the graffiti that crammed the wall value 100 million gained in 4 months.

However for those who look carefully, traces nonetheless stay.

The Nationwide Heritage Administration has determined to file a civil lawsuit to gather from foreman Lee and the graffiti offender the quantity of restoration assessed by an evaluation company.

The police intend to difficulty an arrest warrant for “Staff Chief Lee” on costs of damaging cultural property and distribution of unlawful pornographic materials and intend to research his accomplices and the particular circumstances of the crime.

I am Je Eun-hyo from MBC Information.

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