Decision on Public Disclosure of Personal Information for Karaoke Bar Owner Who Killed and Abandoned Customer to Be Made on the 17th

[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] The decision on whether to disclose the identity of a karaoke bar owner who killed a customer over a dispute about the price of alcohol and then dismembered and abandoned the body in the mountains will be made on the 17th of this month.

On the 14th, the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced that it will hold a disclosure committee meeting at 1:30 PM on the 17th at the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency to decide whether to disclose the identity of karaoke bar owner A (34), who is suspected of murder, corpse mutilation, and abandonment. The committee will include four external police members and three internal members.

If it is decided to disclose A’s identity, the method of revealing his face and real name will be determined after further internal discussions. A police official stated, "The committee meeting will be held privately, and the decision on disclosure will be made on the day."

The police will proceed with the process of disclosing his face and real name, considering the public’s right to know about A’s brutal crime and the crime prevention effect. According to the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Specific Violent Crimes, the identity of a suspect of a specific violent crime can be disclosed if there is sufficient evidence to believe that the suspect committed the crime, and the crime involved cruel means and caused serious damage.

A is accused of killing a customer B, in his 40s, at a karaoke bar in Sinpo-dong, Jung-gu, Incheon, between 2 and 3 AM on the 22nd of last month, dismembering the body, and abandoning it on the mid-slope of Cheolmasan Mountain in Bupyeong-gu. A detailed forensic investigation at the scene found B’s bloodstains and microscopic human tissue in the karaoke bar’s restroom operated by A.

After the crime, A checked whether the CCTV was working by visiting a nearby barbecue restaurant and was found to have purchased one 14-liter bottle of bleach, ten 75-liter garbage bags, and two rolls of tape at a nearby mart.

With a history of multiple offenses including assault and injury, A hid B’s body in an empty room inside the karaoke bar for two days, then loaded it into a vehicle and traveled around places such as Muui-do Island and Ganghwa-do Island in Incheon, before finally abandoning the body in the bushes on the mid-slope of Cheolmasan Mountain in Bupyeong-gu several days later. A stated, "B kept poking me and said ‘You’ll get punished’ and called 112. I got angry and killed him by hitting him multiple times with my fists and feet."

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