40s Man Arrested and Indicted for Killing Disabled Brother to Monopolize Inherited Property

Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Jo] A man in his 40s who was under investigation for killing his intellectually disabled younger brother to monopolize inherited property has been brought to trial.

The Criminal Division 3 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Seojungsik) announced on the 27th that they have arrested and indicted Mr. Lee (44) on charges of murder and violation of the Narcotics Control Act. Mr. Lee is accused of giving sleeping pills to his younger brother, who has a level 2 intellectual disability, and drowning him in a river in Guri-si, Gyeonggi Province on the 28th of last month. It was investigated that Mr. Lee committed this crime to seize all the inherited property after the younger brother's guardian filed a partition lawsuit over the inheritance from their parents.

Initially, the police applied only the murder charge against Mr. Lee and sent the case to the prosecution on the 9th, but the prosecution added the charge of violating the Narcotics Control Act and indicted him. The prosecution explained that they recognized Mr. Lee's act of deceiving his brother into taking sleeping pills containing psychotropic substances as a drug-related crime.

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