Chinese Citizens Caught Smuggling into South Korea Sentenced to Probation by Daejeon District Court

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Chinese citizens caught trying to smuggle into the country off the coast of Boryeong in southern Chungcheong province have been sentenced to probation.

On the 7th, Judge Kim Bo-hyun of the Hongseong Jiwon Criminal Division of Daejeon District Court announced that 22 Chinese citizens arrested and indicted on charges of violating the Immigration Control Law and Quarantine Law were sentenced to one year in prison. and two years of probation.

They were tried on charges of attempting to enter the country illegally by jumping into the sea wearing life jackets, 3.7 km southwest of Daecheon Port, Boryeong-si, South Chungcheong Province, at around 1:00 am: 53 in the morning on October 3 last year. .

At the time, military authorities, including the Army’s 32nd Division, and the Coast Guard identified their attempts to smuggle people into the country through thermal imaging equipment. The army and coast guard arrested 21 of the 22 Chinese who attempted to enter the country illegally, who were hiding in the waters of Daecheon port, on the beach and in the port parking lot. A Chinese citizen who ran away to an acquaintance’s house in Ansan, Gyeonggi province, was also tracked down and arrested.

The investigation revealed that they attempted to enter the country illegally through an intermediary, discovered via a Chinese website. It was confirmed that they paid 15 million won per person to a broker and left Shandong Province, China, in the afternoon of the day before illegally entering the country.

Judge Kim said: “The defendants’ guilt is not light as this is a crime that undermines the safe border management and social security of the Republic of Korea. However, I decided the sentence considering the fact that they recognized and they are reflecting on their mistakes and that they have been detained for a certain period of time for this incident.’ This has been established

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