Mapo-gu Officetel Murder Case... Entry into Warrant Substantive Examination

Suspect in the Mapo officetel murder case, arrested in Gyeongsan and being transported to Seoul [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-seop] The pre-trial detention hearing (warrant substantive examination) for Mr. A, a man in his 40s who was arrested on charges of murdering a former colleague and disposing of the body in an officetel in Mapo-gu, Seoul, began on the 18th.

The Seoul Western District Court started the warrant hearing at 2 p.m. today, presided over by Judge Park Bo-mi, regarding Mr. A, who is charged with murder and corpse disposal.

Mr. A arrived at the court around 1:32 p.m. to attend the hearing. When reporters asked questions such as "Do you admit the charges?" and "Why did you kill him?", he did not respond and headed straight to the courtroom. After the hearing ended around 2:24 p.m., Mr. A got into the transport vehicle without saying a word and left the court.

It was investigated that on the afternoon of the 13th, Mr. A killed the victim, Mr. B, at the officetel where they worked using a weapon he had prepared in advance. After the crime, Mr. A cleaned up the bloodstains, placed the body in a travel bag, and moved to Gyeongsan. The body was found to have been disposed of in a septic tank.

After the crime, Mr. A sent two text messages from Mr. B’s phone to Mr. B’s wife, stating that he was "being investigated for proxy trading issues" and "had to hide because he was going to be investigated for embezzlement." Suspecting something was wrong, the wife filed a missing person report on the morning of the 15th, which initiated the investigation.

During the investigation, Mr. A reportedly stated that he killed Mr. B after being rejected when he tried to borrow money from him, as they had previously worked together at a securities firm.

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