"Bereaved Family Threatens Legal Action"... Protest Emails Sent to Media Over 'Sister's Murderer' Coverage

A man in his 20s, identified as A, who is accused of murdering his older sister in her 30s and disposing of her body, is entering the Incheon District Court in Michuhol-gu, Incheon, on the afternoon of the 2nd to undergo a pre-arrest detention hearing (warrant review). [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim So-young] It has been revealed that A (27), the younger brother who was arrested on charges of killing his older sister and abandoning her body in an agricultural waterway in Ganghwa-do, even sent threatening protest emails to the media outlet that published articles related to the case.

According to an MBC report on the 2nd, after the first report about the discovery of the body was released, A sent an email to the reporter who covered the story, identifying himself as a bereaved family member and protesting that he would take legal action if the article was not taken down.

In the email sent to the reporter, A stated, "There is a part in the article that says a missing person report was not filed, but the family did file a missing person report," and added, "Please do not publish articles whose accuracy is uncertain. Every word is being perceived sensitively. If such articles continue to be published, I will take legal action."

Two days before A sent the protest email was the sister’s funeral, during which A showed a shameless act by holding the sister’s portrait photo while carrying the body.

A is suspected of stabbing his 30-something older sister multiple times with a weapon at an apartment in Namdong-gu, Incheon, in mid-December last year, killing her and then abandoning the body in an agricultural waterway in Seokmodo, Samsan-myeon, Ganghwa-gun. During this process, it is reported that A manipulated messages pretending to be his sister for four months to reassure their parents and get them to withdraw the missing person report.

Additionally, A is also accused of inserting his sister’s phone USIM into another device to access her KakaoTalk account, impersonating her, and withdrawing money from her account through mobile banking and using it.

On the 1st, the Incheon Police Agency’s special investigation team revealed that A had searched the internet after the crime, concerned that the body might float on the water in the agricultural waterway.

During police questioning, A stated, "I committed the crime because I was angry at my sister who nagged me for coming home late." The police have deployed a profiler to investigate other possible motives for the crime.

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