Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo

Kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo
Part of the Philippine drug war
Jee Ick-Joo
LocationKidnapping:
Angeles City
Body discovered:
Camp Crame, Quezon City
DateOctober 18, 2016
Attack type
Kidnapping, extortion, homicide
DeathsJee Ick-Joo
Perpetratorsca. 8[1]
Motiveextortion, robbery
AccusedRicky Santa Isabel, et al.
Jee Ick-Joo
Hangul
지익주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJi Ik-ju
McCune–ReischauerChi Ig-chu

Jee Ick-Joo was a South Korean businessman kidnapped by two policemen and later found dead on October 18, 2016, within the grounds of Camp Crame, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP). A funeral parlor cremated his remains and flushed his ashes down a toilet. The policemen who kidnapped him were charged with kidnapping, carnapping, and homicide, while the officer who allegedly planned the attack was acquitted.

The Chief of Police, Ronald dela Rosa, offered to resign after the incident, but the President did not accept his resignation because he didn't feel Rosa was responsible. Officials in the Philippines and South Korea cooperated in the investigation. The President of South Korea accepted an apology from the President of the Philippines.

  1. ^ Alcaide, Marlene (January 17, 2017). "'Tokhang for Ransom': NBI finds Korean victim Jee Ick-Joo – in mortuary". interaksyon.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.