Seoul: South Korean police said Thursday they pushed to investigate a US diplomat to find out whether he intentionally flew after a traffic accident in Seoul.
Diplomat survived a taxi in Seoul on Wednesday but continued to move without stopping, the Seoul Yongsan police station said, citing recorded records recorded by a taxi camera.
Taxis chased a diplomat car until it stopped close to the US military base gate in Seoul.
Police officers were sent to the site trying to identify diplomats, but he refused to comply with any investigation, police officers said, asking for anonymity because of the departmental rules.
The car then moved to the base A.S., where the residence of US diplomats based in Seoul is located, police officers said.
Police said the taxi driver and a passenger did not immediately report injury.
The police said they did not know if anyone was on a diplomat car A.S.
wounded.
On Thursday, the police sent official letters to the A.
Embassy in Seoul and the South Foreign Ministry to request cooperation in the investigation and check whether diplomats would train their immunity.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs then told the police that there were four diplomats A.S.
Inside the car, including the driver, and they all belong to the embassy, ​​according to the police.
If the driver is aware of the collision and intentionally escaping, his behavior is a crime.
Even if he failed to recognize the accident and did not escape intentionally, he still had to pay repair fees for a bumper damaged by a taxi, according to the police.
Embassy A.S.
In a statement denied the accident account reported in the press, without outlining which part of the media report was referred.
“We believe that competent law enforcement authorities (South Korea) will carry out a thorough and fair investigation into this problem, and we will refrain from commenting further comments until the investigation has been completed,” he said.
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that it consulted with the authorities.
Choi Young-Sam spokesman said South Korea had dealt with crimes committed by foreign diplomats in Seoul.
South Korea is the signing of the Vienna Convention, which provides protection for their family diplomats and protection against criminal prosecution, even though immunity can be eliminated voluntarily.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said there were no cases in the last five years of foreign diplomats who were demanded after releasing immunity.
The United States is the Head of South Korean Head Security.
About 28,500 troops A.S.
Deployed in South Korea as a prevention of the potential of aggression from North Korea.