Police searching for missing Asian Games athletes
SEOUL — Police say they are searching for seven athletes and a reporter who went missing after the Asian Games closed on Saturday in the port city of Incheon.
Police inspector Baek Seung-cheol says on Wednesday that the whereabouts of three athletes from Nepal, two from Sri Lanka and one each from Bangladesh and the Palestinian territories are unknown. Baek adds a TV reporter from Pakistan is also missing.
Police say there is a possibility that the eight are looking to work illegally in South Korea.
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Police say the athletes’ visas expire on October 19 and the reporter’s on October 30.
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