Police Arrest Two Men in Their 20s on Charges of Detaining and Having Sexual Relations with Elementary School Students

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Two men in their early 20s have been arrested on charges of detaining and having sexual intercourse with an elementary school student in an officetel in Seoul.

According to the police on the 15th, the Jungbu Police Station in Seoul arrested two men in their 20s on the spot yesterday on charges of detaining and having sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old elementary school student, A, in an officetel in Sindang-dong, Jung-gu.

It is known that they detained A for about 11 hours from around 9:30 a.m. A’s mother reported to the local police station at 112 in the afternoon of the previous day, saying "my daughter left home." The Jungbu Police Station, which received a cooperation request, searched the suspected location and found A, then handed her over to the Sunflower Center along with her guardian.

The men are reported to be denying the sexual intercourse itself. They claimed to have met A through social networking services (SNS) about six months ago. The police plan to strengthen the investigation by securing the victim’s statement and checking closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage, and then consider applying for an arrest warrant.

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