South Korea seeks tycoon's arrest for karaoke fight

SEOUL, May 9 (Reuters) South Korean police have sought an arrest warrant for one of the country's richest business leaders on suspicion of assaulting karaoke bar waiters with a steel pipe, Yonhap news agency reported today.

Hanwha Group chairman Kim Seung-youn is suspected of seeking revenge for an alleged assault on his son by waiters at a Seoul karaoke bar, the report said.

Police were not immediately available to confirm the Yonhap report.

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