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Korean couple hurt in robbery

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CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna , Philippines   – A Korean and his wife were seriously wounded when two unidentified robbers stabbed them in a brief scuffle inside their house in Barangay Manggahan, General Trias, Cavite, Sunday morning, police said.

Reports reaching Chief Superintendent Perfecto Palad, Calabarzon police director, said the couple – Mon Sun Lee, 52, his wife Dong Yea Jung, 52, both traders, sustained multiple stab wounds on the different parts of the body and now being treated at De La Salle University Medical Center in Dasmariñas, Cavite.

Palad said two unidentified men armed with knives barged in the couple’s house at around 3:45 a.m., at Metro South Ave. Metro South Subdivision on Sunday.

The victims were awakened, prompting Sun Lee to confront one of them, triggering a fight.

Investigators said robbery was the motive.  – Ed Amoroso

A KOREAN

BARANGAY MANGGAHAN

CAVITE

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT PERFECTO PALAD

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

DONG YEA JUNG

ED AMOROSO

GENERAL TRIAS

METRO SOUTH AVE

METRO SOUTH SUBDIVISION

MON SUN LEE

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