Story of S. Korean tycoon`s karaoke assault to be made into film

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- The story of a South Korean tycoon convicted last year in a notorious assault case is to be made into a film, a film production company announced Thursday.

The Seoul-based Ever Cinema said it would make a film based on the memoirs of a
former police officer who was in charge of the case.
Kim Seung-youn, chairman of the South Korea's 12th-biggest conglomerate, Hanwha
Group, was convicted last year of kidnapping and assaulting several bar workers
at a karaoke bar last year after finding out they had beaten up his son in a
nighttime scuffle.
The case was first reported by Yonhap News Agency and became sensational in South
Korea.
"We have obtained the copyright for the film version of the memoir 'Cops 25
Hours' from Kang Dae-won, a former superintendent at a police station in the
Namdaemun ward of central Seoul.
Kang was a veteran cop who was widely known in the country for apprehending a
serial killer and a child molester in 2004 and 2006, respectively.
"The film will weave together plots based on the criminal cases Kang dealt with,"
the production company said in a press release.
He was sentenced to a suspended jail term for stopping the investigation into the
assault case on his boss's orders.
ygkim@yna.co.kr
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