A male pervert who terrorized trekkers on Mt. Bukhan has been caught, Eunpyeong police announced Friday.
The police nabbed the criminal known by surname as Lee, 36, on charges of public nudity by pulling down his pants and masturbating on the mountain’s trekking routes in front of female trekkers.
The police began to receive reports on Lee since early August and dispatched a policeman to the mountain. With help of trekkers who witnessed Lee, the policeman could spot him and arrest at the scene.
Lee has been committing the illicit act about five times starting from August 10 until 27.
Police investigation found that Lee is a patient diagnosed with level-three mental disorder. He confessed he has been committing the crime because women screaming at him during masturbation excited him to the point of keep doing it.