SEOUL (Reuters) -
Police arrested South Korea's "Robin Hood," a fugitive who evaded capture seven times
and gave thousands of dollars to poor and handicapped students.
State-run Korea Broadcasting System transmitted images of officers taking Shin Chang-won, 30, to a police station
for questioning, along with a bag of cash and a jewelry case they believe he had stolen.
Shin has been on the run for 2-1/2 years, during which his generosity made him a hero to the country's working class,
who called him "Robin Hood" and "friend of the poor."
Shin slipped through police dragnets seven times, and dozens of officers were dismissed for failing to trap him,
driving authorities to offer a reward of 50 million won ($42,000) for his capture.
A tip-off finally led police to the apartment where Shin had been living since January.
State television said police would take Shin to the detention center in the southern city of Pusan from which he
escaped.
Shin had been jailed for life there in 1989 for stabbing one person during a robbery.
