(CNN) Belgium is recalling its ambassador to Seoul "without further delay," after the envoy's wife was accused of getting into a second physical altercation in four months. Ambassador Peter Lescouhier had been recalled in late May following an incident in April in which his wife, Xiang Xueqiu, was recorded on CCTV striking a woman in a Seoul store, causing a national scandal in South Korea. In the latest incident, Seoul's Yongsan District Police told CNN on Thursday that Xiang got into a "physical altercation" with a municipal cleaner in the Hannam neighborhood of Seoul around 9:25 a.m. on Monday. The conflict began, police said, when the unidentified cleaner was sweeping the park and his brush touched Xiang. The municipal employee told the police that the ambassador's wife yelled at him and struck his cheek twice.

Source: CNN July 08, 2021 13:41 UTC