A man has been charged with harassing the daughter of the conservative Bareun Party’s presidential candidate Yoo Seong-min during a street campaign.

The Mapo Police Station on Friday said it had arrested a 30-year-old man identified by the surname Lee on suspicion of sexually harassing Yoo Dam, the daughter of the presidential candidate. He has since been charged with sexual harrassment.

The disputed man came under fire the previous day by posting a photo of himself with the junior Yoo during her father’s street campaign near Hongik University in Seoul.

He was pictured putting his arm around Yoo and holding out his tongue toward her, though he was soon stopped by surrounding party officials and observers.

“She was so much prettier in person. It was so hot today that I panted,” the man wrote while uploading the photo on Ilbe, an ultraconservative online community.

Yoo Dam rose to fame while helping out with her father’s campaign in last year’s parliamentary election, gaining attention for her looks.

Responding to the issue, the party immediately excluded her from Friday’s campaign events and filed a complaint against the unidentified assailant.

“The most important thing is to create an environment in which the socially disadvantaged may live in peace,” the party’s lawmaker Rep. Ha Tae-keung wrote via his Facebook account Friday, announcing the arrest of the culprit.

“The Bareun Party will make sure to be kind to human rights victims and stern upon aggressors.”

The election camp of Moon Jae-in, the candidate of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea, also commented on the incident.

“The sexual harassment of Yoo is an intolerable action, an insult of the people who seek to confirm their freedom and equality through elections,” said Rep. Park Kwang-on, chief publicist of Moon’s camp, in a written statement.

“We shall build a dignified world in which all show respect for one another.”

By Bae Hyun-jung (tellme@heraldcorp.com)