Immigration agents arrested a Korean national tagged as an accomplice in last year’s kidnapping and killing of Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo, allegedly by members of the police anti-kidnapping group.
“‹The suspect, identified as Edward Yoo Hoon, was arrested in Angeles, Pampanga and is now detained at the BI detention facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City.
“‹Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said Hoon is an overstaying and undocumented alien.
“It appears that Hoon had been staying in the country for more than 10 years already because according to the deportation order he became an overstaying and undocumented alien on Jan. 25, 2008,” Morente said.
“‹Hoon will not be deported yet as he will undergo a thorough investigation for his reported involvement in the Oct. 30, 2016 abduction and murder of his compatriot Jee.
“He will be deported only after he has served his sentence, if convicted, of the crime,” the BI chief said.
Jee was strangled to death inside Camp Crame where he was brought hours after he was kidnapped by the suspects in Angeles City.
Bobby Raquepo, BI-FSU chief, said Hoon was tagged as a person of interest in the Jee case after informants claimed that he arranged the payoff of the P5-million ransom money that the victim’s wife gave the kidnappers.
Jee’s body was never recovered as police investigation revealed that his remains were brought to a funeral parlor in Caloocan City where it was cremated and the ashes were flushed down the toilet.