30s Vietnamese Sailor Who Illegally Entered Through Mokpo Daebul Pier Detained and Sent to Prosecution

Escape Over Port Fence During Security Vulnerable Hours

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The Gwangju Immigration Office announced on the 25th that it has arrested a Vietnamese national A (38), who illegally entered the country by boarding a cargo ship and arriving at Daebul Pier in Mokpo Port, Jeollanam-do, and sent him to the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office on charges of violating the Immigration Control Act.

A is suspected of illegally entering the country by deserting from a Panama-flagged cargo ship docked at Daebul Pier on the 19th with the purpose of illegal employment in Korea.

According to the investigation, A took advantage of the lax security around 4:30 a.m., a vulnerable time, to climb over the barbed wire and escape the port from the cargo ship at Mokpo Port.

The Gwangju Immigration Office's arrest team confirmed that A took a taxi from Yeongam, Jeollanam-do to Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, and after tracking him down, arrested him at a temporary lodging in Anseong City, Gyeonggi Province on the 19th.

A representative from the Gwangju Immigration Office's investigation division said, “In the situation where foreign nationals' entry into Korea is restricted due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, we plan to cooperate with related agencies to thoroughly manage port security to prevent illegal entry such as unauthorized desertion.”

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