A Seoul ward official who sneaked into someone's house in the middle of the night and tried to molest him and ran away was caught by the police.
The Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul announced on the afternoon of the 10th that it had urgently arrested a man in his 50s at a multi-family house in Bukgajwa-dong, Seoul on charges of violating the Sexual Violence Punishment Act.
Person A, who was caught, was a team leader-level civil servant at the Mapo-gu Office in Seoul.
A is accused of sneaking into the house after crossing the wall of the victim's house around 4 a.m. the day before, opening the closed bathroom window.
He is also accused of trying to molest the victim who was sleeping on the sofa and then fled when the victim screamed.
After receiving the report and dispatching the police, they continued to investigate through CCTV, etc., and then caught Mr.
At the time of arrest, Mr. A is said to have stated that while he was returning home after drinking alcohol, he sneaked into the victim's home and touched the victim's quilt while he was asleep.
The police applied for an arrest warrant against A.
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