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Police and sniper confront Johnny Somali as locals want him kicked out of South Korea

South Korean police confronted banned Kick streamer Johnny Somali as people in the country grew impatient with his viral antics.

YouTuber Johnny Somali is one of the most controversial IRL steamers on the internet, having run into trouble with the law in Japan and Israel during his broadcasts abroad.

The streamer’s antics included getting him banned from Kick, but he continued his unique brand of “content” on YouTube, much to the dismay of South Korean citizens.

Earlier in his trip, Somali was kicked out of the subway for making loud, inappropriate noises during a broadcast.

On October 9, the streamer was seen kissing a statue of peace, a symbol of victims of sexual slavery. Following this, he entered a cosmetics store and filmed customers without their permission.

A few days later, he found another statue and took off his shirt, poured oil on himself and danced around the statue. These antics attracted the attention of Korean media with multiple reports detailing the Somali broadcasts.

“Forced eviction is the solution,” one user reportedly said.

“I hope the authorities have the evidence to arrest him now, deport him and ban him,” remarked another.

On October 20, moments after it went live, Somali was confronted by a sniper and then police.

“Why do you go to other people’s countries and cause trouble?” » asked the stream sniped. “You first went to Japan and there you went to prison. Now you’re in Korea and you’re trying to do stupid things. I’m a little worried about you, to be honest. One day you will meet the wrong person.

Eventually, Somali walked away from the sniper, but minutes later several police officers arrived after receiving reports that he was causing trouble on YouTube.

“When are you going back to your county?” » asked the police.

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Somali insisted he could leave whenever he wanted and continued to call the police racist for confronting him. Eventually, the police let the streamer go, but explained that they were still “investigating” him.

While he may still be free to roam the streets of South Korea, the country’s citizens are clearly growing impatient and it may not be long before he is forced to leave. It wouldn’t be the first time he upset an entire county either. Notaby, his Japanese streams were so controversial that even PewDiePie was annoyed by them.