Jeju Provincial Police Agency said on the 30th it sent two people, Chinese nationals in their 30s identified as A and B, to the prosecution under arrest on charges of violating the Immigration Act.
They are accused of entering the country illegally by crossing about 570 kilometers of the Yellow Sea in a 1.5–2-ton small vessel (about 6 meters long) from Qingdao, Shandong province, China, around 12 p.m. on Mar. 27, and reaching the coast of Panpo-ri, Hangyeong-myeon, Jeju City, at 10 a.m. on the 28th, 22 hours later. They had previously stayed in Jeju doing farm work for one year and 10 months and for five years and nine months, respectively, before being deported in Oct. and Nov. 2025.
Afterward, they were found to have paid a Chinese broker 30,000 yuan (about 6.5 million won) and 35,000 yuan (about 7.6 million won), respectively, to enter Jeju illegally. After sneaking into Jeju, they worked harvesting onions based on their experience in Jeju before deportation.
Earlier, in Sep. last year, six Chinese nationals were all indicted and detained on charges of entering the country illegally by taking a rubber boat with a 90-horsepower engine from Nantong, Jiangsu province, in southeastern China, and landing via the coast of Yongsu-ri, Hangyeong-myeon, Jeju City.