Police Cover Up of GI Arsonist?

That is what this man claims:

He claims that his mother’s beauty shop in Toko-ri outside of Camp Hovey was burned down by a US soldier and the Korean police are covering it up. They have no money and are living out on the street and want the Korean government and police to do something about it. His video is currently the second most popular video on Daum.

This story was actually reported back in May by the Stars & Stripes and subsequently posted here as well. This case I seriously doubt it is a cover up by the Korean police and more likely not being pursued due to a lack of evidence.

A US soldier was picked up near the scene and was out past curfew, which is not a good thing and a sign of trouble. The local police brought him in for questioning and took his clothes for forensic testing. There was video tape of the supposed arsonist as well. There was plenty of evidence available, but I assuming none of it could link the soldier they picked up to the crime in question and possibly someone else did it.

Korean police do not cover up big GI crimes like this. I have seen Korean police turn over GIs to the MPs for small incidents like pissing of buildings, stealing a laptop from a bar, or a fight in the ville but never for something serious as this. If anything Korean police arrest and convict soldiers with dubious evidence as we have seen time and again.

The guy in the video claims he saw the soldier standing outside the building watching the fire. How does that confirm he started the fire? He could have just been walking by and saw the fire. If a GI did it I’m sure the Korean police would be doing everything possible to find out who it is and if it is a GI that burned the place down I hoped he is caught and quickly sent to Choenan where he belongs.

However with the claim that the police aren’t investigating a GI criminal anymore by this man leads me to believe the police have ruled out a GI criminal and have instead focused on another cause for the fire.