Man in South Korea arrested for calling police 60,000 times with nonsense complaints

SEOUL: South Korean police said on Tuesday (Sept 23) that they have arrested a man in his 50s for making nearly 60,000 false reports to the police in less than two years.

Of the 58,307 calls the suspect made to police, 51 were categorised as code 2 or above, which requires immediate police intervention due to the threat of a serious crime.