50s Male Arrested in Mapo Murder Case... "Risk of Evidence Tampering and Flight"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Gyumin] A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of killing a man in his 40s in a residential area of Mapo-gu, Seoul.

At 10:30 a.m. on the 24th, Chief Judge Park Won-kyu of the Seoul Western District Court held a pre-arrest interrogation for Jang Mo (55) and issued an arrest warrant, stating, "There is a risk of evidence destruction and flight."

Earlier, Jang, who appeared in court, did not respond to reporters' questions about the motive and whether the crime was premeditated, and headed to the courtroom.

Jang is suspected of killing a man in his 40s, Mr. A, in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, at around 6:35 p.m. on the 22nd. The police responded within three minutes of the victim's report, but Mr. A was already deceased.

Subsequently, the police tracked Jang based on nearby closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and arrested him near his residence in Incheon at around 11:56 p.m. At the time, Jang was reportedly intoxicated and admitted to the crime.

The police believe that the incident occurred amid a debt and credit relationship between Jang and the victim.

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