1,031 foreigners in prison
Published: 12 Sep. 2009, 05:34
The number of foreign inmates in Korea recently surpassed 1,000, with more than 60 percent of them having Chinese nationality, government records showed yesterday.
According to the Justice Ministry, 1,031 foreign nationals from 36 countries were in Korean prisons at the end of June. The largest group came from China, totaling 667, followed by Taiwan with 125 and Mongolia with 32.
An additional 681 foreigners were detained while awaiting trial.
Among the total of 1,712 in detention, 700 were charged with fraud or embezzlement, 204 with homicide and 113 with drug-related crimes, the record showed.
The ministry last week assigned 15 correctional officers with foreign language proficiency to prisons where the foreigners are jailed, officials said.
The officers were chosen for English, Chinese, Vietnamese and Russian, they said. Yonhap
According to the Justice Ministry, 1,031 foreign nationals from 36 countries were in Korean prisons at the end of June. The largest group came from China, totaling 667, followed by Taiwan with 125 and Mongolia with 32.
An additional 681 foreigners were detained while awaiting trial.
Among the total of 1,712 in detention, 700 were charged with fraud or embezzlement, 204 with homicide and 113 with drug-related crimes, the record showed.
The ministry last week assigned 15 correctional officers with foreign language proficiency to prisons where the foreigners are jailed, officials said.
The officers were chosen for English, Chinese, Vietnamese and Russian, they said. Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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