Ruling party lawmaker attacked at Assembly hall

SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Chun Yu-ok, a female lawmaker with the ruling
Grand National Party (GNP), was assaulted by two unidentified women at the
National Assembly Friday and underwent emergency treatment at an Assembly clinic,
her aides said.
"Two women who appeared to be in their 20s and 30s suddenly approached Chun on
her way to the exit of the Assembly building around noon and punched her in the
face and other parts of her body," said an aide for the lawmaker.
"The attackers, who claimed they belong to a left-leaning civic activist group,
also violently dragged Chun by the hair before fleeing."
The aide said Chun was rushed to an Assembly clinic for emergency treatment,
where doctors recommended that she be admitted to a general hospital.
Chun has been pushing to legislate a new bill meant to strip left-leaning
activists of state compensation awarded by the preceding liberal administrations.
Meanwhile, National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o asked the police to conduct a
thorough investigation into the incident, vowing not to let any attacks on
lawmakers go unpunished.
ycm@yna.co.kr
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