Demanded to repay 500,000 won... Seong Chi-young of 'Jeongeup Moving Center Murder'... Publicly Wanted After 11 Years

Suspect in 2009 Murder of Person Who Lent 500,000 Won
Body Found as Skeleton in 2014... Stabbed Over 10 Times with a Blade

Seong Chi-young, wanted publicly on suspicion of murder. Seong Chi-young is accused of stabbing and killing Lee Mo (then 37 years old), the younger brother of the moving center owner, with a weapon in the office of a moving center in Jeongeup in April 2009.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] Seong Chi-young (48), a suspect in the moving company murder case that occurred in Jeongeup, Jeonbuk in 2009, has been publicly wanted. It has been 11 years since the incident occurred.

The National Police Agency announced on the 5th that they selected 20 people, including Seong Chi-young, as public wanted targets for the first half of 2020, and posted 20,000 flyers containing photos and personal information of the wanted persons at government offices nationwide.

Seong Chi-young is accused of stabbing and killing Lee Mo (then 37), the younger brother of the moving company owner, with a weapon at a moving company office in Jeongeup in April 2009.

According to the police, Lee, who lent 500,000 won to Seong Chi-young, went missing on April 20, 2009. That day was the day Lee urged Seong Chi-young to repay the money. At that time, Seong Chi-young had been declared bankrupt by the Jeonju District Court.

After Lee's disappearance, on April 25, 2009, Seong Chi-young left a message to his family saying, "I will cool my head," and then fled.

Lee was found as a skeletonized body in a disused septic tank at a construction site about 3 km away from the moving company office in July 2014, about five years after his disappearance. The autopsy revealed that he died from being stabbed more than ten times with a weapon.

Seong Chi-young has not revealed his identity even after more than ten years, leaving the case unsolved. According to the police, Seong Chi-young is of small stature, 164 cm tall, and speaks with a Jeolla dialect.

Wanted poster from the first half of 2020. Provided by the National Police Agency

Meanwhile, among the 20 people selected as public wanted targets including Seong Chi-young, the charges are as follows: △5 for murder, △1 for attempted murder, △2 each for robbery and injury, sexual violence, and fraud, △7 for violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, and △1 for violating the National Sports Promotion Act (operating a gambling house).

Among the five murder suspects, four, excluding Seong Chi-young, had previously been public wanted targets.

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