A woman in her 40s has been arrested for retaliating against her neighbor after a noise complaint by vandalizing their front door with fish sauce and cat feces.
On Tuesday, Yonhap News TV reported that the woman, identified as A, claimed that after complaining about noise from the upstairs neighbor, she found her front door covered in fish sauce and lacquer.
According to the report, she began facing this retaliation after she reported noise disturbances from her upstairs neighbor in late February.
She explained, “Around 10:30 PM, I started hearing loud thumping noises from above. When I went to check, the neighbor yelled at us through the intercom, saying ‘Get out!’ and cursed at us.”
Following this confrontation, the neighbor regularly vandalized her front door by spraying it with cat feces and soy sauce. Due to the ongoing harassment, A felt compelled to install security cameras to monitor the front door.
“I never thought I’d need to install CCTV for something like this,” she said. “But since the damage was serious, I realized I needed to gather evidence quickly to take legal action.”
The security footage she shared shows the female neighbor, her face concealed by a mask and hat, approaching her residence carrying a basin filled with an unknown liquid. She then splashed the liquid onto her front door before quickly fleeing the scene.
The woman’s actions left her entryway coated in fish sauce, and lacquer visibly damaged the front door, lock, and intercom.
The police have filed charges against the female neighbor in her 40s for property damage and stalking, having completed the first round of questioning. Additionally, law enforcement has requested a temporary restraining order from the court, which has issued a no-contact order, prohibiting the woman from coming within 5 meters of her residence.
A expressed concern for her children’s safety, saying, “My older child is 10, and my younger one is 7. They’re still so young, and I’m worried this neighbor might harm them…”
Neighbor noise disputes, such as those over floor noise, have become an increasingly sensitive issue, sometimes escalating into criminal behavior.
According to the Korea Environmental Corporation’s Neighbor Noise Center, the number of complaints regarding floor noise has significantly risen from around 8,000 in 2012 to 36,000 in 2023.
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