A South Korean restaurant was vandalized with spray paint by Chinese citizens because it shared the same name as Xi Jinping

The Chinese restaurant "시진핑 (Xi Jinping)" in Bundang District, Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, was vandalized by four Chinese citizens who broke into it and spray-painted it. The picture shows the original appearance of the restaurant sign. (Picture taken from Google Maps)

A Chinese restaurant in Bundang District, Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The name is exactly the same as "시진핑" in Korean for Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Unexpectedly, four Chinese nationals broke in and spray-painted the restaurant in the early morning of the 24th. South Korean police said today (27th) that the four people had fled the country and returned to China.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the restaurant "시진핑 (Xi Jinping)" in Bundang District, Seongnam City has been open for about 8 years. The owner revealed that he began to receive frequent complaints from unknown persons a few months ago. Two months ago, someone spray-painted the sign with black paint. Although a report was made at that time, the police did not find the suspect.

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At about 2:40 a.m. on the 24th, the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in South Korea, four gangsters wearing masks and hats covering their faces broke into the store and sprayed paint everywhere. They were also suspected of spraying pesticides on the ingredients. The boss discovered that the store was in a mess at 8:30 a.m. and reported the incident immediately.

Through surveillance images and other methods, the police found the whereabouts and identities of the four people on the afternoon of the 24th, but they had already taken a flight from Incheon International Airport back to Shanghai, China, Yantai City in Shandong Province and other places. The police revealed that the four suspects, who are in their 20s to 40s, are all Chinese citizens. They entered the country twice in the month before the crime by traveling without a visa, possibly in preparation for this crime.

If these four people do not travel to South Korea in the future, it may be difficult to arrest them and trace their motives. However, it is speculated that they may be dissatisfied with the restaurant having the same name as Xi Jinping, so they broke into the restaurant to spray paint to vent their anger.

The restaurant sign was spray-painted. (Picture taken from namu wiki website)