All of the foreign nationals under sentence of
death in South Korea between 2016 and
2021 were Chinese nationals and were
involving cases of rape and murder.
Park was sentenced to death in 2000. He
appealed to the SCOURT but the case was
dismissed, upholding the lower court’s death
penalty.
Wang Li Wei
Wang Li Wei, a
Chinese
national,
entered South
Korea on an
industrial
trainee
program.
Entrance placard to one of the prisons for
foreign nationals
Kyung Su Park
Kyung Su Park, a Chinese-Korean from China,
entered South Korea for an industrial trainee
program.
After running away without permission from
the workplace, he raped, robbed and killed
two women.
He was sentenced to death in December
2000. His appeal was dismissed in November
2001.
Park ran away from his workplace without
permission and was living in Korea as an
illegal immigrant when he broke into the
home of a mother and daughter, where he
raped and murdered three people in the
house.
Acknowledgements
With special thanks to Chae Yun Bae for his assistance with this research in South Korea.
Death Penalty Research Unit, University of Oxford
For more research see:
foreign-nationals.uwazi.io or tinyurl.com/mappingdeathrow