Park Geun-hye suffers scratch in Daegu scuffle

Former ruling party leader Park Geun-hye injured her wrist after a melee broke out between her bodyguards and a group of protesters in Daegu on Thursday, according to Yonhap News. 

The incident erupted after Park delivered a congratulatory speech during an event to mark the expansion of a subway line in Daegu, the report said. 

After her speech, several woman members of the labor union at Yeongnam University Hospital rushed her, demanding the normalization of relations between the labor and management, according to the report. 

Park’s bodyguards blocked the protesters and in the course of the scrum, Park sustained slight injuries, the report said. 

The incident was the second of its kind involving Park, who was attacked during an election campaign rally in 2006. She had to be hospitalized with a wound to the face at that time. 

Park, a daughter of the late President Park Chung-hee, currently leads a faction in the ruling Grand National Party. 

(yoonmi@heraldm.com)