B.C. woman says she can finally breathe following accused stalker’s arrest - BERITAJA

A Surrey, B.C. female said she could yet respire pursuing the apprehension of an accused stalker who has allegedly sent and posted thousands of videos referencing her since 2024.

“I’m truthful terrified,” the alleged unfortunate told BERITAJA successful an interview.

S.K., who asked that her personality beryllium protected, said she’s been surviving successful fearfulness for 2 years.

“I don’t cognize what he is could of doing and I deliberation that’s what scares maine about of all,” S.K. said.

The suspect, Andy Kyungho Yun, is simply a past workfellow of S.K.’s – a man she erstwhile knew – but ne'er dated.

S.K. said she worked pinch Yun astatine a Burnaby-based wellness security supplier much than 2 decades ago.

In April 2024, S.K. said Yun contacted her connected LinkedIn.

At first, S.K. said she was very excited to perceive from Yun, who she described arsenic a awesome co-worker pinch a bully consciousness of humour successful 2003.

She thought they would person a awesome speech catching up, but erstwhile they said connected the telephone briefly, she sensed thing was wrong.

Yun, S.K., said, was talking successful codification and spewing conspiracy theories.

S.K. said she politely thanked Yun for reaching out, and past blocked him.

“That’s erstwhile the full entire stalking behaviour began,” she recounted.

S.K. claims Yun called and texted her repeatedly, and harassed her crossed each societal media platform.

When she blocked his number and accounts, she said he impersonated different individuals to bypass the blocks, and past began messaging her girl connected LinkedIn.

“That was erstwhile I drew the statement and contacted police,” S.K. said successful an interview.

In August 2025, a bid enslaved was put successful spot ordering Yun to enactment 200 metres distant from the alleged unfortunate and person nary interaction pinch her.

Months later, S.K. said Yun recovered retired wherever she worked and showed up astatine the building.

“According to my co-worker, he said I’m present to spot (S.K.). I’m a national agent, I request to speak to her,” recalled S.K. “One of the places I felt safe was nary longer safe.”

After the alleged workplace incident connected Nov. 13, Yun was arrested and charged pinch criminal harassment and breaching an undertaking by being wrong 100 metres of S.K.

“I couldn’t focus,” S.K. said. “I kept reasoning he was going to show up and I yet mislaid my job, a occupation that I worked very difficult to secure.”

Yun was released connected $500 bail connected November 17, connected what S.K. said were stricter conditions.

He was ordered not to spell to the metropolis of Surrey, and to region each societal media posts, including videos mentioning S.K. and not to station immoderate caller videos referencing her.

S.K. claims Yun turned to YouTube, posting much than 3,000 caller videos professing his emotion for her and describing a narration which did not exist.

Yun is accused of breaching his merchandise bid 3 times betwixt January 31 and March 3 by allegedly referencing S.K. successful a societal media post, failing to be an assignment astatine Forensic Psychiatric Services, and by posting a caller societal media station referencing S.K.

At 1 point, the 48-year-old was wanted connected 4 apprehension warrants.

“RCMP officers successful respective jurisdictions person been pursuing up and person been checking addresses,” Surrey Police Service Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton told BERITAJA connected Thurs. April 23.

In a video posted to Yun’s YouTube transmission successful March, warrants for his apprehension were mentioned.

As of April 23, Surrey constabulary said they were actively investigating the record and pursuing each avenues to find Yun.

“We’ve besides reached retired to the behavioural sciences group pinch the RCMP to behaviour consequence and threat assessments arsenic well,” said Houghton.

BERITAJA tried unsuccessfully to scope Yun astatine the location he owns successful a gated organization successful Chilliwack connected Thursday April 23.

“They (police) person tried galore times to service Andy the warrants; however, he conscionable doesn’t unfastened the doorway and they can’t unit their measurement in,” S.K. said successful an interview.

“They would request a Feeney warrant to really participate your location successful bid to apprehension you,” criminal lawyer and erstwhile Crown charismatic Rob Dhanu, K.C., told BERITAJA.

Due to law protection against unreasonable hunt and seizure, Dhanu said constabulary cannot participate an accused’s location to make an apprehension unless they person a very typical warrant.

“They can’t break successful your doorway without that Feeney warrant and you could virtually conscionable beryllium connected your sofa and proceed to watch TV,” Dhanu said successful an interview.

After about 2 months astatine large, Surrey Police Service confirmed Yun was arrested by the RCMP successful Chilliwack Sunday night.

He remains successful custody up of a imaginable bail proceeding connected Thursday, April 30.

While S.K. recovered constabulary to beryllium very informative and supportive, and VictimLinkBC helpful, she believes the laws about stalking request a immense overhaul.

S.K. said the justness strategy moves very slowly, and while she understands police’s hands are tied by the law, she would for illustration to spot a faster constabulary consequence “especially if location (are) warrants.”

“There’s about apt a spread betwixt the existent fearfulness that the complainant feels and the level of seriousness that the constabulary allocate to this file,” Dhanu told BERITAJA.

The Dhanu Dhaliwal Law Group partner said constabulary person to measure this type of lawsuit connected the wide spectrum of files they are tasked with.

“What they (police) spot is this is simply a criminal harassment case, there’s nary existent violence,” Dhanu explained. “Certainly, the complainant whitethorn beryllium fearful, but location whitethorn beryllium galore different much superior files that are taking their attraction distant from this file.”

“He’s still posting these disturbing videos and he moreover talks straight to me,” S.K. said Thursday. “It’s terrifying.”

When asked what her top fearfulness is, S.K. replied, “that I won’t beryllium here.”

Prior to Yun’s arrest, she said she only near her location for therapy and erstwhile a period for self-defence sessions.

S.K. hopes that by sharing her story, different criminal harassment victims will cognize they’re not alone.

“Don’t deliberation it’s trivial, don’t deliberation it’s thing small, study it,” she told BERITAJA. “People request to understand that stalking is simply a very superior crime.”