[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Ga-yeon] A Mongolian international student who broke into a gosiwon room where women live to steal valuables was caught by the police.
The Gwangju Dongbu Police Station announced on the 7th that they have arrested and are investigating A (19), a Mongolian international student, on charges of robbery, injury, and nighttime residential intrusion.
A is suspected of consecutively breaking into four gosiwon rooms located in Dong-gu from around 4:15 a.m. to 4:45 a.m. that day.
He is also accused of assaulting victims who woke up after sensing his presence and fleeing the scene.
According to the police, A targeted the rooms of women living in the same gosiwon as himself.
A, who is enrolled at a comprehensive university in Gwangju, is believed to have committed the crimes to raise hospital fees for his family back home.
The police plan to apply for an arrest warrant against A.
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