Seoul to boost CCTV security after rape, murder case

Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon said the city would increase the number of surveillance cameras in parks and on hiking trails across the capital to reduce ‘crime blind spots’. — AFP

SEOUL: Seoul’s mayor vowed on Aug 23 to increase the number of surveillance cameras in city parks following the brutal rape and murder of a teacher on a busy hiking trail last week.

Police have accused the suspect – identified on Wednesday as Choi Yun-jong – of selecting his victim at random and lying in wait on a section of trail in Seoul’s Sillim district that he knew was not covered by CCTV. He then allegedly beat and raped the woman, who later died of her injuries.