Park Wang-yeol, dubbed the "Southeast Asia drug kingpin," was heard complaining during his extradition flight to Korea that the handcuffs were uncomfortable and asking that they be removed.
According to video released by the Ministry of Justice on the 25th, Park boarded a flight to Korea after being handed over to our escort team—including local police and Hwang Ik-jin, a prosecutor with the Ministry of Justice's International Criminal Division—at the Philippine Clarkfield Airport the previous day.
Wearing a black cap pulled low and sporting a bushy beard, Park was dressed in casual clothes that revealed tattoos on his forearms. He had sunglasses hanging from his top, and his cuffed hands were covered with a gray towel.
The Philippine side removed Park's handcuffs just before he boarded Asiana flight OZ708. Our escort team re-cuffed him at 1:30 a.m. on the 25th (local time), immediately after he boarded.
Immediately after boarding the Asiana aircraft, as our escort team executed the arrest warrant and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, let us know," and handcuffed Park, he said, "Can't I go with these (handcuffs) off on the way?"
Park appeared at the arrival hall of Incheon International Airport at about 7:16 a.m. that day. He kept silent when reporters asked about allegations of a lavish life in a Philippine prison, whether he directed drug distribution via Telegram, and cryptocurrency laundering.
However, when Park made eye contact with someone in the crowd who appeared to be familiar, he suddenly said, "You're not even a man." He boarded a waiting escort vehicle at about 7:18 a.m. and was taken to the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency.