Kathmandu, February 25
Nepali officials have deported a Korean who had been on the run since 2016 after being charged with fraud, security sources say.
Seung won Lee (Passport No, M 2511299), under whose name a Red Corner Notice had been issued by Interpol, was arrested in Pokhara on February 15.
Nepal’s immigration department’s director Kosh Hari Niraula confirmed that Lee had been deported. “We sent him back to Korea with along with officials from Interpol,” he told Onlinekhabar.
According to police sources, two members of Korean police had come to Nepal to take the fugitive home. They took Lee to Korea via Korean Airlines flight to Incheon.
According to Nepa Police’s Interpol desk, Lee has been accused of fraud. He also allegedly dealt in narcotics.
