MANILA, March 9 -- National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) agents rescued on Saturday morning a Korean woman said to be sexually abused by her compatriot in Pasay City.

In a statement, NCRPO chief Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. identified the suspect as Kim Hyeongbin, who was arrested during a raid at a condominium along Pearl Drive corner Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City.

Nartatez said the operation was carried out in coordination with the Korean Embassy in Manila.

He said the father of the 23-year-old victim asked the embassy for assistance.

"Initial investigation disclosed that the father of the victim called the Korean Embassy that her daughter was sexually abused and forced to take drugs through injection by a fello...