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There was a case where a wanted criminal who was being investigated at a police box took advantage of the neglect of monitoring.
The police had not even handcuffed the wanted man.
This is KBC reporter Seo-young Kim.
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Early in the morning when there are few people.
A man rushes into an alleyway.
As if drunk, the male staggers, runs, and even falls.
The police chase after the man, but have already lost the man.
[Lee Jeong-beom / Witness: About ten or ten police officers in plain clothes came and searched the house, so I immediately thought, 'What's going on'.
As a resident, there was a lot of anxiety about what kind of crime there was...]
At around 4 am today, 37-year-old man A, a 37-year-old man who was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend at a police box in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, ran away during the investigation.
Taking advantage of the neglect of police surveillance, the man fled to the alley next to the police box.
Mr. A, who was wanted for fraud, said he would come and smoke a cigarette, and left the police box with the policeman and then fled.
At that time, Mr. A's wrists were not even handcuffed, so he could easily escape.
[Police official: I received a report that I was beating a woman I live with, and police officers were dispatched to the scene, but when I went to check it out, there was a wanted.
I've been arrested multiple times.
I must have been standing outside like this to smoke a cigarette outside.
But he suddenly turned and ran away.]
Mr. A, who was hiding in an acquaintance's apartment, was caught by the police 7 hours after escaping.
The police are investigating whether the suspect's escape policy was followed accurately and the circumstances of the incident at the police box.
(Video coverage: Na Byeong-wook KBC)