4 Chinese Men Spray-Paint and Vandalize 'Xi Jinping' Chinese Restaurant in Seongnam, South Korea Before Leaving the Country

Date2026.09.24

Location城南市

Fact statusReported

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In the early hours of September 24, a Chinese restaurant named after Xi Jinping in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, was broken into by 4 Chinese nationals who vandalized it with spray paint, and its ingredients were sprayed with a liquid suspected to be pesticide. About an hour after the crime, they left the country via Incheon Airport, flying to Yantai and Shanghai. The owner said the restaurant had previously been subjected to multiple protests and acts of vandalism; police are investigating the motive and considering international judicial cooperation to pursue them.

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李老师不是你老师

2026-09-29 15:46 · 韩国京畿道城南市一家以习近平名字命名的中餐馆24日凌晨遭4名中国籍男子喷漆破坏，食材被喷洒疑似农药，作案后经仁川机场离境，警方考虑国际司法合作追捕。

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李老师不是你老师

2026-10-02 17:03 · 韩国法院对涉嫌破坏“习近平”中餐厅并喷洒农药的4名中国籍男子签发拘留证，4人案发当天已离境返华，餐厅因怕再遭破坏撤下8年招牌更名营业。

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This event 4 Chinese Men Spray-Paint and Vandalize 'Xi Jinping' Chinese Restaurant in Seongnam, South Korea Before Leaving the Country 2026.09.24 · Reported

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Follow-up "Xi Jinping" Restaurant Takes Down 8-Year-Old Sign and Reopens Under New Name

2026.10 ·Reported ·Importance II ·韩国城南市

Caused 4 Chinese suspects left the country through Incheon Airport and returned to China on the day of the incident

09.24 ·Reported ·Importance II ·Incheon, South Korea

Caused South Korea's Suwon District Court issues detention warrants for 4 Chinese suspects

10.01 ·Reported ·Importance III ·韩国城南市

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Sayings · 2026-10-02 17:02 A South Korean court issued detention warrants for 4 Chinese nationals suspected of vandalizing a "Xi Jinping" Chinese restaurant and spraying pesticide. The 4 had already left the country and returned to China on the day of the incident. The restaurant, fearing further vandalism, took down its 8-year-old sign and reopened under a new name.

Sayings · 2026-09-29 15:31 A Chinese restaurant in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, named after Xi Jinping was vandalized with spray paint by 4 Chinese nationals in the early hours of the 24th, with its ingredients sprayed with suspected pesticide. The perpetrators left the country via Incheon Airport after the crime, and police are considering international judicial cooperation to pursue them.

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