'Terrible 12 Hours' Emergency Rescue Team Chief Who Assaulted Employee to Death... All Accomplices Referred to Prosecution

All accomplices involved in the case where a man in his 40s, a rescue team member, was assaulted by the rescue team leader and others in December last year and subsequently left unattended to death have been sent to the prosecution.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Choyoung] All accomplices have been referred to the prosecution in connection with the case in which a 40-year-old rescue team member was assaulted by the rescue team leader and others at a private emergency rescue unit in Gimhae, Gyeongnam, last December and left unattended, resulting in death.

On the 16th, the Gimhae Western Police Station announced that B, the wife of A and the corporate representative of the emergency rescue unit, C, the head of headquarters, and D, an acquaintance of B, were sent to the prosecution without detention on charges including aiding and abetting murder, injury, and habitual extortion.

They are accused of assaulting and neglecting employee E for more than 12 hours from 1 p.m. on December 24 last year, knowing that E was in a critical condition. A (43, detained and indicted) is the main suspect.

Investigations also confirmed that A, B, and C extorted money from E under the pretext of fines and assaulted him. The specific amount extorted and the number of assaults have not been disclosed.

The police reportedly secured evidence to prove the charges through a full investigation of 58 current and former emergency rescue unit employees, CCTV footage, mobile phone forensics, and account analysis.

On December 24 last year, A and others, knowing that E was unconscious, stayed in the ambulance and B’s restaurant, destroyed CCTV footage to eliminate evidence, and belatedly reported to the fire station that "someone has died."

When E was found, he had fractured ribs and subdural hemorrhage, and the first autopsy by the National Forensic Service confirmed a causal relationship between the assault and death.

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