Cafe Owner Seeks Justice for Damaged Lucky Tree: CCTV Footage Goes Viral

2024-03-27 12:47:13
A passerby is damaging the lucky tree in front of Mr. A’s cafe. /Mr. A’s Instagram

An absurd incident occurred where a lucky tree outside the door of a cafe in Busan was indiscriminately damaged by a passerby. This scene was captured on CCTV in front of the cafe, and the store owner released the video and asked passers-by to provide information.

Mr. A, who runs a cafe in Gwangan-dong, Suyeong-gu, Busan, recently posted a short video on Instagram saying, “We are looking for the person responsible for killing and abandoning plants.” It is cut from a portion of the CCTV footage in front of the cafe, and begins with the appearance of a passerby wearing a hat and mask covering his face. She is believed to be a middle-aged woman.

The passerby looks around and approaches the lucky tree pot placed in front of the cafe. He then began to tear off the stems without hesitation, filled them with both hands, and quickly left the scene. This entire process was clearly captured on CCTV. At the end of the video, a photo of a lucky tree in a miserable state was also revealed, with red sap flowing from the cut cross section.

A passerby is damaging the lucky tree in front of Mr. A’s cafe. /Mr. A’s Instagram A lucky tree in a miserable state with red sap flowing from the cut section. /Mr. A’s Instagram

Mr. A said, “I thought I had experienced various things while working at the cafe, but I still have a long way to go.” He added, “I heard about the child who went to the botanical garden and brought it in when it opened, but now that it is spring, I left it outside and went to work and it ended up like that.” At the end of the post, he added, “Please report it.”

Lucky Tree is a plant that can be cut by cutting the stem and inserting it into the soil to take root. Netizens who watched the video speculated that the passerby’s actions were intended to grow a new lucky tree using the stolen stem. Some said, “It doesn’t seem like something that has been done once or twice,” and “You should definitely report it to the police.”

This kind of behavior by a passerby can fall under two charges. It is a crime of theft and property damage. It is a crime of theft if someone else’s property is transferred to the owner’s or a third party’s possession against the owner’s will. In addition, if you damage or destroy another person’s property, or damage its usefulness in other ways, the crime of property damage is established. If found guilty, theft can be punishable by up to 6 years in prison or a fine of up to 10 million won, and property damage can be punished by up to 3 years in prison or a fine of up to 7 million won.

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