Rape allegation against Korean national turns out to be false

LAHORE (Staff report) - The rape allegation against a Korean national, residing in Lahore, has turned out to be false in investigation, said police officials in an explanatory statement.

According to authorities in Lahore's Defence Housing Authority (DHA) the maid Razia Bibi, who claimed to have been raped by Korean citizen Shane Wan, has withdrawn her allegation saying that she had leveled rape false allegation upon someone's instance. She further told police the matter has been resolved.

The police said the woman had earlier hurled a similar allegation against an employee of Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), however, the charges turned out to be untrue in that case as well.

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Previously the woman blamed that Korean national Shane Wan had raped her during pregnancy on her first day at work at his home. She was employed at the house of Mr. Wan on August 21 through her brother-in-law Nasir Rasool at a salary of Rs 10,000 per month. She had claimed that the Korean had raped her on her first day at work, the allegations turned out to be a blackmailing tactic.