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You'd think they'd keep the witnesses away from attackers
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bassexpander



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 5:54 am    Post subject: You'd think they'd keep the witnesses away from attackers Reply with quote

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/06/117_46006.html

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A man under interrogation at a police station for violence stabbed a woman witness sitting next to him, police said Sunday. The woman died in an ambulance on route to hospital from blood loss.

According to Gyeongsan police, the man identified as Kim, 48, was taken to a police station at 1 p.m. for assaulting others at a bar. The bar's owner ㅡ the victim, a woman aged 52 ㅡ was also present at the station as a witness.

Officers at the scene said Kim abruptly pulled out a knife from his backpack and stabbed her in the chest and sides several times.....
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yingwenlaoshi



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Now that guy will get off scot-free with no witness.
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okokok



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had to go down to the cop shop once after having some problems with a Korean. I couldn't believe how they had us in such close proximity of each other the whole time with tempers obviously flaring. I had to give my statement with the jackass looking right over my shoulder. It was a joke.

But in the end... I won. Laughing
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antoniothegreat



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

they said it was too sudden to block him.... what about shooting him... rather he die than her.
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Zulethe



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Police 101, check suspect for weapons before interrogation.
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VanIslander



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

reminds me of all those movies in which a guy stalks the only witness to his murderous crime, ending up in an all out public chase in which the guy doesn't seem to mind dozens of witnesses watching him try to murder the witness to his earlier murder

stu-pid, utterly

now if only he would do the brave thing and off himself before the korean keystone kops let him out
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone remember that scene in Memories of Murder where the cop points out two men writing reports, and says that one raped the other's sister? It's standard procedure to get everybody together to try and get the story straight from everyone at once. Disgusting, but standard procedure.
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eamo



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
Anyone remember that scene in Memories of Murder where the cop points out two men writing reports, and says that one raped the other's sister? It's standard procedure to get everybody together to try and get the story straight from everyone at once. Disgusting, but standard procedure.


Right. This is conflict resolution Korean-style. Korean cops always hope that the victim will forgive the perp after a few hours of shouting in the cop station. Then costly prosecutions can be avoided and everyones face is saved......

.....doesn't really matter that a crime has been committed......
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TheUrbanMyth



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yingwenlaoshi wrote:
Now that guy will get off scot-free with no witness.



So I guess the cops who saw the murder don't count?
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RACETRAITOR



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

eamo wrote:
RACETRAITOR wrote:
Anyone remember that scene in Memories of Murder where the cop points out two men writing reports, and says that one raped the other's sister? It's standard procedure to get everybody together to try and get the story straight from everyone at once. Disgusting, but standard procedure.


Right. This is conflict resolution Korean-style. Korean cops always hope that the victim will forgive the perp after a few hours of shouting in the cop station. Then costly prosecutions can be avoided and everyones face is saved......

.....doesn't really matter that a crime has been committed......


This one time, a taxi driver tried to abduct my wife. She escaped but left her phone in the taxi. She made it to the police station, and they called the phone, and the driver answered. He came down to the police station and they had a nice chat about how he wasn't refusing to take her where she wanted, just suggesting a better motel they could go, and when he stopped the car and tried to get in the back seat, presumably he was only doing it to be helpful. The police concluded my wife was the crazy one and let the guy go (and her too fortunately).
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asylum seeker



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RACETRAITOR wrote:
Anyone remember that scene in Memories of Murder where the cop points out two men writing reports, and says that one raped the other's sister? It's standard procedure to get everybody together to try and get the story straight from everyone at once. Disgusting, but standard procedure.


Completely ridiculous. There must be a lot of fights in Korean police stations.
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harlowethrombey



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zulethe wrote:
Police 101, check suspect for weapons before interrogation.




It only goes up to 'Police 01' in some countries. . . Confused
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yingwenlaoshi



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheUrbanMyth wrote:
yingwenlaoshi wrote:
Now that guy will get off scot-free with no witness.



So I guess the cops who saw the murder don't count?


They didn't witness the first crime.
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ED209



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't be surprised if they arrived at the station in the back of the same police too. Seen this happen all the time. Fight brakes out, police puts everyone uncuffed in the back of the same car.
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gangwonbound



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yingwenlaoshi wrote:
TheUrbanMyth wrote:
yingwenlaoshi wrote:
Now that guy will get off scot-free with no witness.



So I guess the cops who saw the murder don't count?


They didn't witness the first crime.


But the second one where he stabs the witness??? I think they may have.
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