That is what this man claims:
He claims that his mother’s beauty shop in Toko-ri outside of Camp Hovey was burned down by a US soldier and the Korean police are covering it up. They have no money and are living out on the street and want the Korean government and police to do something about it. His video is currently the second most popular video on Daum.
This story was actually reported back in May by the Stars & Stripes and subsequently posted here as well. This case I seriously doubt it is a cover up by the Korean police and more likely not being pursued due to a lack of evidence.
A US soldier was picked up near the scene and was out past curfew, which is not a good thing and a sign of trouble. The local police brought him in for questioning and took his clothes for forensic testing. There was video tape of the supposed arsonist as well. There was plenty of evidence available, but I assuming none of it could link the soldier they picked up to the crime in question and possibly someone else did it.
Korean police do not cover up big GI crimes like this. I have seen Korean police turn over GIs to the MPs for small incidents like pissing of buildings, stealing a laptop from a bar, or a fight in the ville but never for something serious as this. If anything Korean police arrest and convict soldiers with dubious evidence as we have seen time and again.
The guy in the video claims he saw the soldier standing outside the building watching the fire. How does that confirm he started the fire? He could have just been walking by and saw the fire. If a GI did it I’m sure the Korean police would be doing everything possible to find out who it is and if it is a GI that burned the place down I hoped he is caught and quickly sent to Choenan where he belongs.
However with the claim that the police aren’t investigating a GI criminal anymore by this man leads me to believe the police have ruled out a GI criminal and have instead focused on another cause for the fire.
Popularity: 3%
5:41 pm on September 4th, 2007 1
Lets not forget that the owner of the shop is a member of a local anti US group. This guy has been harassing people at the front gate to Casey for the past couple of months.
My suspicion is they burned the shop down themselves to start some new incident. The shop is still a burned out mess today.
8:09 pm on September 4th, 2007 2
I figure there is more to this story than what he is letting on since it is not like the Korean police to cover up something this serious for a 20 year old GI.
9:00 pm on September 4th, 2007 3
Bad news, this close to the election. Probably we’ll see more like it in the next few months.
9:56 pm on September 4th, 2007 4
If you find someone dead in the morning here with the fan or A/C running, that means the fan or A/C was the cause of death.
If you see something burning and a GI is nearby, that means the GI started the fire.
Corean logic.
12:32 am on September 5th, 2007 5
…gives new meaning to “flaming hairdresser”.
GI,
“I have seen Korean police turn over GIs to the MPs for small incidents like pissing of buildings”
His urethra must have been huge! Next time you see this, send him to me. I’ll give him lots of beer and coffee and we’ll start a construction company.
J!
9:34 am on September 5th, 2007 6
11:19 am on September 5th, 2007 7
I’d sure be pissed if someone burned down the Korean massage parlor. They serve up the best tossed salad around!
6:37 pm on September 5th, 2007 8
7:17 pm on September 9th, 2007 9
[...] Spouses Fraud Case / MAY07 - 1 Casey NCO Beauty Shop Bandit of Toko-ri / MAY07 - 1 Hovey Soldier (Not proven and no arrest) Police woman sexual assault / APR07 - 2 Stanley Soldiers Grandma Rape Case / JAN07 - 1 Casey [...]
8:15 pm on April 11th, 2008 10
Lol… Very funny!
8:23 pm on April 11th, 2008 11
Lol… Very funny! That’s Whack!