Jeju, September 10 (Yonhap News Agency) - According to the Jeju Marine Police Agency of South Korea on the 10th, two more Chinese people who illegally entered the country by rubber boat have been arrested.

It is reported that at about 6:10 p.m. on the 9th, the police arrested A and the woman B who provided assistance to him at a residence and nearby roads in Jeju City. On the 7th of this month, Person A, along with five other Chinese people, set off from Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, China in a rubber boat and illegally entered the country at the coast of Yongsu-ri, Hankyung-myeon, Jeju City in the early morning of the 8th. Another Chinese person, C, who entered the country illegally, voluntarily turned himself in at the Seogwipo Police Station in Jeju at around 9:30 a.m. on the 10th.

Previously, the police had urgently detained a Chinese person, D, who had illegally entered the country, at a hotel in Seogwipo City at around 6:30 p.m. on the 8th. According to D's statement to the police, six Chinese people, including himself, entered the country by rubber boat. They had never met before and illegally entered South Korea through a Chinese intermediary to make money. After arriving, they went their separate ways.

The Jeju Coast Guard Agency stated that it has established a special task force to handle this case and is making every effort to track down the whereabouts of the other three Chinese suspects. The police will mobilize all their investigation forces and do their utmost to bring the remaining three suspects to justice.

At about 7:56 a.m. on the 8th, the Jeju Coast Guard received a report that a suspicious rubber boat was found in the area of Hankyung-myeon in the west of Jeju City. After receiving the alarm, the Jeju Marine Police Station rushed to the scene and found that the rubber boat was equipped with a 90-horsepower engine. There were 12 oil drums, 6 life jackets, emergency food such as bread with Chinese printed on the packaging, and fishing rods and other items on board. According to a joint investigation by the military and police, these individuals are not suspected of engaging in espionage.