'Artery Rupture Murder' Warrant Issued for Children's Sports Center CEO... Police Dispatched to Scene Then Withdrawn

Seodaemun Police Station, Seoul [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghoon Jeong] An arrest warrant has been requested for the representative of a children's sports center who assaulted an employee while intoxicated, resulting in the employee's death. It has been confirmed that the police had responded to the scene hours earlier but left without discovering any evidence of the crime.

According to the police on the 3rd, the perpetrator, a man in his 40s identified as A, reported at around 2 a.m. on the 31st of last month from the sports center, saying, "A man is hitting my sister." However, after the police arrived, A changed his statement, saying, "I never made such a report," and "A man broke in, we fought, and he ran away."

The police found the victim, a man in his 20s identified as B, lying on the ground and checked his pulse by placing a hand on his chest but judged that his life was not in danger. It was also reported that there was no evidence of a crime such as bloodstains. A explained, "He was drunk and sleeping." Regarding the CCTV footage, he said, "I don't want to show it. I will go to the police station myself to file a complaint." After hearing these statements, the police reportedly withdrew from the scene. About seven hours later, at 9:05 a.m., A reported, "After waking up, the employee was unconscious," and the police urgently arrested A.

The police applied a murder charge to A and requested an arrest warrant. Initially, A was charged with assault resulting in death, but after the National Forensic Service issued a preliminary opinion stating that "B's anal area was pierced by a rod, causing organ damage leading to death," the police changed the charge, considering it intentional.

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