Body, believed to be Korean’s, found on Olongapo City beach

OLONGAPO CITY—The body of a man who had stab wounds in the chest and who police suspected to be Korean washed up along the shore of a beach in this city on Wednesday.

Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Recomono Jr., Olongapo police director, on Thursday said investigators were waiting for confirmation whether the man found in Baloy beach was Korean because they did not find any document that could identify the victim.

A photograph of the man posted by Briane Michelle Belando on the social networking site Facebook showed that the victim’s feet were tied to a rock. The victim was wearing brown shorts and had no shirt on.

Baloy beach is in the village of Barretto, a former red light district that was frequented by Americans when the United States naval base was operating here. A large number of expatriates live in the area.

This was the second incident involving a foreigner in central Luzon in the past three days.

On Monday, a Korean businessman was killed and his companion hurt when a man shot them inside their van on Friendship Highway in Anunas village in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Police identified the fatality as Im Chang Yun and the wounded as Nam Jong Cheol. The two owned and operated Seven Welcome Tours, a travel agency based in Barangay Cutcut in Angeles. Robert Gonzaga and Jun Malig, Inquirer Central Luzon