'Bizarre Stick Murder' Sports Center CEO Arrested and Sent to Prosecution... Police "No Specific Motive Found"

The representative of a children's sports center, suspected of killing an employee by damaging their organs with a 70cm rod, is being transferred to the prosecution at Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul on the 7th. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] A, the 41-year-old owner of a children's sports center who bizarrely murdered an employee, has been sent to the prosecution while in custody. The police investigating the case stated that after conducting forensic analysis of the mobile phone and a simple drug test, no peculiarities related to the motive for the crime were found. A currently claims to be intoxicated and does not remember the situation at the time, leaving the reason for the crime unclear.

A Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency official said, "After multiple interrogations of A and analyzing the CCTV inside the sports center, it appears that A became dissatisfied with the victim's behavior after drinking, which led to assault and murder." He added, "No peculiarities related to the motive were confirmed." It is known that A said he was heavily intoxicated at the time and does not remember the rest of the situation. He continued, "Before the murder, A pressed down on the victim's body for about 10 minutes, strangled, or assaulted with a stick," and "Due to the continuous assault, the victim became exhausted and was unable to resist, which seems to have led to the crime."

At around 7:43 a.m. that day, A was transferred from the Seoul Seodaemun Police Station detention center to the Seoul Western District Prosecutor's Office and did not respond to reporters' questions about the motive. When asked if he had anything to say to the victim and the bereaved family, he replied, "I'm sorry," and got into the escort vehicle.

The representative of a children's sports center, accused of killing an employee by damaging their organs with a 70cm rod, is being transferred to the prosecution at Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul on the 7th. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

A was arrested on the 2nd on suspicion of murder after stabbing a 70 cm-long educational plastic rod into the anus of B, a male employee in his 20s, at the sports center he runs in Seodaemun-gu last month on the 31st, causing organ rupture and death. At around 2:10 a.m. on the same day, he called 112 from the sports center, reporting, "A man came and hit my sister." Six police officers were dispatched to the scene, but A changed his story, saying, "I did not report it like that." The police saw the victim lying with his lower body exposed, checked his pulse by placing a hand on his chest, judged that there was no life-threatening condition, and returned. The National Forensic Service, which conducted an autopsy on victim B's body, gave a preliminary oral opinion to the police that the rectum, gallbladder, liver, and heart were ruptured, leading to death.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Inspection Investigation Division began verifying the facts, including investigating the six police officers dispatched to the scene on the 6th, to determine whether the on-site response was appropriate. The police are facing criticism that the response at the scene of this incident was inadequate.

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