Jeju police step up crackdown on foreign crimes

A Chinese traveler indicted for stabbing a Korean woman to death at a church on Jeju Island is taken to a police station, Sept. 17. Jeju police have intensified their crackdown on foreign criminals since Sept. 22 after public outrage over the killing. / Yonhap

By Lee Jin-a

Jeju police will continue their intensified monitoring of possible foreign criminals until the end of the year.

On Monday, police said about 25 crimes by foreigners were reported — including seven thefts, nine assaults and five cases of obstructing official business — during a two-month crackdown. Last month, police arrested 10 Chinese for taking a tour guide-interpreter exam with forged college graduation certificates.

Police also caught 1,255 foreigners who violated traffic laws near Baozen Street and Jungang Street in Jeju City and deported 17 illegal migrants.

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"We decided to continue our special crackdown until the end of this year," police said. "We will do our best to secure the safety of the residents and tourists on Jeju Island."

Police launched the crackdown on foreign criminals in September after a crime increase. They said about 347 foreign suspects were apprehended by midyear, up 60 percent on the same period last year.

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