A police officer was arrested Friday for kidnapping, raping and robbing women.
According to the police, the 39-year-old officer, identified as Lee, at Goyang Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, threatened 33-year-old woman who was in her car at a parking lot near Daehwa subway station around 11:30 p.m. Aug. 29 with a weapon. He raped her after taking her to a nearby mountain and tying her up with tape. Lee also took 7 million won from her after taking her credit card.
The officer has allegedly kidnapped three women from the parking lot since January, sexually assaulting two of them and taking a total of 19 million won. He followed the victims to their cars when they were alone late at night.
Following the series of kidnappings at the parking lot, police set up surveillance of the area from the end of last month, and caught Lee in the act at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday as he was trying to assault another woman after tying her with tape.
Lee said he committed the crime for the money, as most of his salary has been seized due to a 300 million won debt. In 1997, the officer, with 19 years experience, had been discharged on suspicions of taking bribes, but was reinstated a year later after winning an appeal.