Video shows council member beating guide
Jan 10,2019
A video clip released by MBC on Tuesday shows Park Jong-chul, the vice chairman of the local council of Yecheon County, North Gyeongsang, assaulting a tour guide in while on a trip to Toronto on Dec. 23 last year.
According to MBC, the scene of Park repeatedly punching the guide was caught on a surveillance camera installed in the bus. Park and nine other Yecheon council members traveled to the United States and Canada from Dec. 20 to 29 last year on a council-funded trip.
This contradicts Park’s statement that he never assaulted the guide, but only scratched his face with his fingernails. Park apologized for the incident on Jan. 4.
Park is currently alleged to have gone into hiding, as he has not responded to any calls from the press, the police and the Yecheon council’s secretariat.
Other members of the council who went on the trip were also accused of inappropriate behavior, such as demanding that a guide take them to a hostess bar.