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Chinese restaurant owner suspected of ‘secret police station’ “helped dead or sick Chinese return home”

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Wang Hae-gun (44), the representative of the Chinese restaurant Oriental Pearl, which was suspected of being a “secret police station” operated by China in Korea, denied the claim again. 2022.12.31 News 1

Wang Haijun (45), the owner of the Chinese restaurant ‘Oriental Pearl’, which is suspected of being a base for the ‘secret police station’ operated by the Chinese government overseas, dismissed the claims, by said, “I was only helping. Dead or sick Chinese with no relatives to return home to.” Denial.

On December 31 last year, Mr. Wang held a briefing at his restaurant in Songpa-gu, Seoul, and held a briefing at the ‘Seoul Overseas Chinese Service Center (OCSC, Overseas Chinese Service Center)’, which Spanish human rights noted the group ‘Protection Addiction’ as having close ties to the secret police station. ‘, he acknowledged the relevance, saying, “I am in charge of OCSC Seoul.” However, he insisted, “(In Korea) we supported the return of about 10 Chinese citizens who were killed or injured due to illness or other unforeseen circumstances.”

However, Wang did not specifically mention the criteria and process for repatriating Chinese nationals. Regarding the suspicion that the Seoul OCSC is actually doing consular work, he emphasized, “It is only a platform that can link consular work and has no authority.”

About the Chinese restaurant he runs, Mr. Wang, “It is true that this is the first ‘thriving foundation of Chinese food abroad’ approved by the Chinese State Council,” but “there was no financial support, only technical and foreign training. support.” He also claimed he was behind the suspicion, saying, “I think the United States manipulated it.”

There was also an attempt to use this suspicion for business. Wang paid 30,000 won for each reporter in lieu of providing snacks, fruit and soda at the briefing. In addition, when the Chinese restaurant business resumes in the future, he said he will release a ‘secret police’ course for 88,000 won per person and a ‘secret police station’ course for 128,000 won per person.

Reporter Kim Ki-yoon pep@donga.com
Reporter Joo Hyun-woo woojoo@donga.com