Vehicle Damage and Threat to Pedestrians... Illegal Filipino Immigrant Arrested and Sent to Prosecution

A man in his 20s from the Philippines who damaged vehicles and threw objects at police officers while intoxicated was handed over to the prosecution.

According to the police on the 20th, the Dongdaemun Police Station in Seoul arrested and sent Mr. A, a Filipino suspect facing charges including special property damage, obstruction of official duties, special trespassing, and violation of the Immigration Control Act.

Mr. A is accused of damaging parked vehicles by punching them and throwing a children's bicycle at around 4:30 a.m. on the 15th at a row house in Dongdaemun-gu, and throwing a folding cart and other objects at responding police officers.

The police added charges of special trespassing and violation of the Immigration Control Act based on the fact that Mr. A damaged the entrance door with a children's bicycle and entered the house, and that he has been an undocumented immigrant since his visa expired in July 2019. Although Mr. A threatened pedestrians by running at them with a chair, assault charges were not added as the victims did not wish to press charges.

During the police investigation, Mr. A stated, "I don't remember damaging the vehicles because I was drunk," but also said, "Since I am an undocumented immigrant, I was scared when I saw the police officers and threw the bicycle and other objects fearing I would be caught."

At the time of the crime, Mr. A resisted the police officers who responded to the report and fled to the rooftop of the house but was subdued with a Taser and arrested in the act.

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