Chinese Nationals Arrested for Detaining Women and Stealing Tens of Millions of Won at Jeju Pension

Police have launched an investigation after a group of Chinese nationals allegedly detained women of the same nationality in Jeju, robbed them of tens of million of won, and fled.

The Seogwipo Police Station has arrested three Chinese men, including two in their 20s and one in their 30s, on charges of special robbery and joint confinement, and is pursuing two other Chinese nationals who fled to China.

Authorities found that the suspects entered Jeju sequentially from China between September 20 and 21.

They are accused of detaining two Chinese women in their 20s at a detached resort in Seogwipo at around 2:30 p.m. on September 21, taking their mobile phones and tablet PCs, and forcing them to transfer approximately 20 million won via bank accounts.

The next day, on the afternoon of September 22, one of the victimized women escaped from the crime scene and sought help nearby, prompting a report to the police.

Responding to the report, police apprehended two of the five total suspects who were still at the accommodation that day, and caught another suspect who was attempting to leave through Jeju International Airport.

However, the remaining two accomplices were found to have already departed for China before the police report was filed.

Police are tracking the two accomplices who fled to China through Interpol while investigating the exact circumstances of the crime, including how the suspects and victims came to meet in Jeju.

(Reported by Jung Da-eun | Video by Kihyun | Design by Lee Jeong-ju | Produced by SBS Digital News)
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