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Some Korean embassy men compromised by Korean mafia: Aguirre

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/01/23/012317_va.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II <cite>Voltaire Domingo, NPPA</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA- Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday said he has received information that some members of the Korean embassy in the Philippines have links to an alleged Korean mafia.</p><p>Aguirre made the statement during a probe on the kidnap-slay case of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo.</p><p>“Even some people in the Korean embassy have been compromised by this Korean mafia,” Aguirre said, noting that the information came from a former official of the National Bureau of Investigation.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1456849" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>Aguirre added that he was told by 2 Korean officials to stop any investigations concerning the Korean mafia since the group is believed to be powerful.</p><p>“Talagang malaki na ang lawak na sinasakop nitong Korean mafia,” Aguirre said.</p><p>(The scope of this Korean mafia is really big.)</p><p>Aguirre has been keen on exploring possible involvement of a Korean mafia in the death of Jee, saying he has received information that the businessman was kidnapped twice by the said mafia before being killed inside Camp Crame.</p><p>The NBI and the Philippine National Police however have dismissed the possibility that an alleged Korean mafia was involved in the death of Jee.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/23/17/pnp-nbi-agree-no-korean-mafia-behind-jee-slay">READ: PNP, NBI agree: No Korean mafia behind Jee slay</a></li></ul><p>“May kalaban itong si Jee Ick Joo sa Korean mafia and they hired the scalawags of the PNP [to kill Jee],” Aguirre said. “Hindi mo papatayin kung ito ay kidnapping lang.”</p><p>(Jee Ick Joo has a nemesis in the Korean mafia and they hired the scalawags of the PNP... You won&#x27;t kill if this is just a kidnapping crime.)</p>

<p>MANILA- Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday said he has received information that some members of the Korean embassy in the Philippines have links to an alleged Korean mafia.</p>

MANILA- Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday said he has received information that some members of the Korean embassy in the Philippines have links to an alleged Korean mafia.