A domestic dispute turned ugly when a Korean national allegedly mauled his Boholana partner in barangay Bakilid, Mandaue City.
Ana Rose Dagwayan of Loay, Bohol province complained to police that she was badly beaten by Ung Rak Lee, 52, in their rented house in A. S. Fortuna Street on Sunday night.
Dagwayan said she could have been killed by the Korean had it not been for the intervention of their landlady who called the police.
The couple argued after the Korean allegedly scolded their 2-year-old daughter.
Dagwayan said she was often manhandled by the Korean.
Lee, however, denied harming the woman or scolding their daughter.
Lee said he was only upset at the woman for coming home late and not helping him in the household chores.
Responding police brought the couple to the Subangdaku police precinct where the couple contronted each other.
Insp.Ramil Morpos, chief of Subangdaku police, said they will assist Dagwayan file a complaint against the Korean for physical injuries in relation to Republic Act 9262 or violation of the rights of women and children
The Boholana told police she left home to buy medicine for her blood pressure and returned past 9 p.m. to see Lee scolding their toddler daughter.
This led to an argument.
According to Dagwayan, the Korean angrily challenged her: “Who are you to ask me? Do you have money? In Korea I am a big boss, head of gangsters, I am not afraid to kill” then started to maul the woman.
Dagwayan said the Korean punched her in the head and pointed a knife at her.
When the woman ran upstairs to hide, she said the Korean followed her, pulled her hair and poked her eye with a comb.
The Korean reportedly banged her head on the wall and punched her face.
The couple’s landlady Brenda Dinsay intervened and called the police. /CORRESPONDENTS FE MARIE D. DUMABOC AND NORMAN V. MENDOZA