JUSTICE Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd insisted on Thursday authorities should investigate the supposed existence of a “Korean mafia” in the country and its involvement in the killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo last year, despite findings to the contrary by the police.

At the resumption of the hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs into the Jee kidnap-slay case, Aguirre bared he was visited by the consul of the South Korean embassy and two police attachés, along with Jee’s wife, two weeks ago.

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