Man caught impersonating police officer to get woman's phone number

By Rha Hae-sung, Park Si-soo

A man has been caught impersonating a police officer to get the phone number of a woman he fancied, police said Tuesday.

Busan Saha police said the man, in his 30s, was being investigated for violating a law that bans people impersonating public officers, including police.

According to police, the man approached a Vietnamese woman late at night on Nov. 26in Busan. He introduced himself as a police officer and asked her to show her ID and phone number to check if she was a documented foreigner. He was said to be drunk at that time.

The woman asked the man to show his police ID. When he refused, the woman screamed. Neighbors ran to help her and caught the man.

The man reportedly told police that he fancied the woman, so he impersonated a police officer to get her phone number.