“They Told Me to Change the Restaurant Name”…Chinese Restaurant Attacked with Pesticides and Paint in Early Morning Break-In

Restaurant Name Identical to China’s Top Leader

Suspects Break in Through Back Door and Spray Pesticide and Insecticide

Police have launched an investigation after unidentified men broke into a Chinese restaurant in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province, destroying the interior fixtures and spraying a black liquid. Empty containers of pesticide and insecticide were found at the scene, and authorities are checking whether any food ingredients have been contaminated.

A Chinese restaurant in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province. Recently, the interior and signboard of the store were vandalized with paint and pesticide. Google review screenshot

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According to Bundang Police Station and other sources on September 25, a woman in her 30s identified as A, who operates a Chinese restaurant in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, called the police emergency line at 8:30 a.m. the previous day, reporting, “Someone broke into the store and vandalized it.”

Upon arriving at the scene, police found the restaurant’s glass windows shattered. The POS system and chairs showed clear signs of being scratched with sharp tools. Black liquid was splattered throughout the place, and several containers of pesticide and insecticide were also discovered.

Owner A stated, “All the containers were empty, and the stored food ingredients had an unusual and suspicious odor,” raising the possibility that someone had deliberately sprayed hazardous substances. However, it has not yet been officially confirmed whether these substances were actually used on the food ingredients.

CCTV footage from inside the restaurant shows two men wearing masks forcibly breaking in through the back door between 2:30 and 2:40 a.m. on the same day.

Exterior of the Chinese restaurant vandalized with paint. Photo by Yonhap News

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The suspects reportedly stayed in the restaurant for about an hour committing the crime before fleeing. The store did not have a separate security alarm, so Owner A only became aware of the damage after being contacted by the building manager in the morning.

Currently, A says there are no specific suspects. However, she revealed, “For the past several months, I have suffered from a series of protest phone calls and visits because the restaurant’s name, which I have used for eight years, is pronounced the same as the name of China’s top leader.”

In fact, it was confirmed that someone also sprayed black paint on the restaurant’s sign and fled back in July, which was reported to the police. The connection between this incident and the previous sign vandalism, as well as the exact motive for the crimes, has not yet been identified.

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The police are tracking the suspects’ escape route using surrounding CCTV footage. In addition, they plan to determine whether any pesticide or insecticide components are detected in the food ingredients collected from the scene by requesting analysis from the National Forensic Service.

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