A woman pursuing divorce was locked up for over 24 hours and tortured by her husband, Seoul’s Seocho Police Station said Monday.
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The husband, whose identity was withheld by the police, met with his estranged wife at his bar in Seocho-gu to discuss custody rights. When she turned up, he locked her in an underground storage house where he is suspected of torturing her with a hot iron. He then took the victim to a hospital for emergency treatment and kept watch to prevent her from contacting the police.
The wife contacted the police a week after the incident, when her husband was distracted while she was being moved between wards.
The man is currently being held under police custody.
By Lim Jeong-yeo (
kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)