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offtheoche · Joined: 21 Mar 2007

Hi all,

A friend of mine got into a fight in Hongdae over a year ago. During the fight, a pool ball was thrown which damaged a mirror (broken glass) at the bar. The police were called and arrived, but the fight had been broken up by then. The only thing the police cared about was the damage to the bar.

Anyway, end result was, my friend and the other guy were both taken to the police station. The bar owner demanded 600K even though the damage was less than 100K. My friend and the other guy jointly admitted the damage, but said it was an accident, and after signing statements with a translator, the owner of the bar was called to the police station.

My friend and the other guy went to the atm machine, came back to the police station and gave the 600K into the hand of the owner of the bar. The police said that was the end of the matter and the charges were not being persued by the owner as he readily accepted the money. So all charges were dropped.

Since then my friend has renewed his yearly visa, without a problem and has never heard since from the police.

My friend is thinking of leaving Korea at the end of this year and will need a criminal background check from a local Korean police station before he leaves.

My question is, because money was paid there and then and all charges were dropped, is there any way that this incident will show on his crb check?

Thanks.

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

I thought the checks were in your home country. How would they know what happened in Korea?

offtheoche · Joined: 21 Mar 2007

My friend will apply for teacher's college back in Canada and if he is accepted onto the course, he will be asked to provide a crb check for any countries he has lived and worked in for the last few years.

justind · Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Location: Suji, South Korea

Regarding the CRC

When I left Korea the first time for teacher's college, the Police station did not require me to have any documentation of my time in Korea. I recieved my Check without hassle and Western/the school boards had no issue either. This may have changed though.

I am pretty sure that your friend has nothing to worry about.

Justin

hellofaniceguy · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: On your computer screen!

If yours/his/her fingerprints were taken then korea will share the info with Interpol and of course all countries share info with Interpol including the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. does not submit prints to Interpol unless they have reason to suspect some international criminal behavor.
If your friend settled the case for cash...99%, that's as far as it goes. Been there done that....and no record has shown up in the U.S. and I had to submit a police check for korea...so....

offtheoche · Joined: 21 Mar 2007

Mr. Pink · Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: China

Pinished · Joined: 08 Dec 2009

balzor · Joined: 14 Feb 2009

young_clinton · Joined: 09 Sep 2009

Criminal Checks usually only show arrests and convictions. If you weren't arrested but only detained I don't know if being detained will show up.

In Western Countries arrests require probable cause that you broke the law to be shown by the police, detainment doesn't. I'm pretty sure that being detained will not show up on a CRC. Ask the Korean Police though or maybe a lawyer.