Chinese Tourist Sent to Prosecutors Over Secret Filming of 27 Women Across Seoul
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- South Korean police referred a Chinese tourist in his 20s to prosecutors without detention over alleged illegal filming of women in several Seoul districts.
- Police said 27 women were identified as victims, and arrested the man at a Seongsu-dong cafe after allegedly catching him filming women with his phone.
- Authorities imposed an departure ban on the man after confirming he entered South Korea as a tourist in late July.
A Chinese tourist in his 20s has been sent to prosecutors over allegations that he secretly filmed women in several parts of Seoul, with police identifying 27 victims.
Seongdong Police said they referred the man without detention on charges under South Korea’s law punishing the use of cameras and other devices to film people illegally. Police arrested him as a so-called caught-in-the-act suspect at a cafe in Seongsu-dong at about 6 p.m. on the fourth of last month.
The investigation found that the alleged filming extended beyond Seongdong to the Mapo and Yeongdeungpo areas. Police confirmed that the suspect had entered South Korea as a Chinese tourist in late July.
Authorities placed him under an departure ban from the fifth of last month while the case proceeded.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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