President Yoon orders ”something that should never happen” after the attack on opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung to provide ”support”

On the 2nd, South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyeol responded to the news of the attack on Lee Jae-myung, representative of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, saying, ``Something that should never have happened happened.''
A spokesperson for the South Korean presidential office said in a press conference that South Korea expressed deep concern about the damage caused to Lee. President Yoon said, ``I hope that the police and other relevant authorities will quickly get to the bottom of the truth and bring Representative Lee to the hospital quickly.''
I want them to do their best for transportation and treatment." President Yoon also emphasized that ``our society must not tolerate such acts of violence under any circumstances.''
Representative Lee was injured in the neck with a weapon by a thug while visiting the site of the new Busan airport on that day.
A spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea told reporters in front of Busan National University Hospital this afternoon regarding Lee's condition, ``Currently, it is suspected that he has sustained damage to his transvenous system.''
``According to the medical staff, there are concerns that he will bleed profusely or further bleed.''