3 Foreigners Killed During Crackdowns
Three foreigners were killed and 24 injured during roundups of illegal aliens over the past five years.
Rep. Roh Chul-rae of the minor opposition Pro-Park Geun-hye Alliance said the three deaths and 24 injuries occurred during a crackdown on undocumented expatriates from 2005 to August 2009.
Roh said that the deaths were classified as accidents.
No immigrant officials were punished for the casualties.
In 2005, an official of the Seoul Immigration Office was booked on manslaughter, but escaped conviction. Two employees of the Daejeon Immigration Office were released without being arraigned.
Since 2005, 8,605 foreigners have been found using forged passports and 366 caught for illegally entering the nation.