Yang Yi-won-young on the Arrest of Lee Eun-hae and Jo Hyun-soo: "Why Does This Case Emerge Around the Time of Yoon's Office Relocation?"

"Investigation Agencies Politicized... Showing Selective Justice" Claim

Yang Yi-won-young, Member of the Democratic Party of Korea./Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] Yang Iwonyoung, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, commented on the arrest of suspects Lee Eunhae and Jo Hyunsoo in the 'Valley Murder' case, saying, "It is fortunate that the suspects have been caught, but I am curious why a case that occurred in June 2019 has only now come to the forefront."

On the 16th, Yang posted on her Facebook, mentioning the controversy surrounding President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol's office relocation to Yongsan and ministerial nominees, expressing doubts about the timing of renewed attention on this past case.

She said, "Looking at the timeline known from the incident to the present, the Ilsan Western Police Station forwarded the case without detention, and the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office investigated it last year," adding, "If they had properly investigated the Kim Hak-ui sexual bribery case or the Kim Gunhee stock manipulation case like this, things might have been different." She further argued, "This shows how powerless and selectively just law enforcement agencies become when politicized."

The Valley Murder case involves Lee, who, along with her lover Jo, is accused of killing her husband Mr. A in Yongsogye Valley, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, in June 2019. Lee and Jo are suspected of forcing Mr. A, who could not swim, to dive into the water, causing him to drown.

They are also accused of attempting to kill Mr. A in February and May of the same year by feeding him food mixed with pufferfish poison and by pushing him into fishing pond water. The prosecution believes they committed the crime aiming for an insurance payout of 800 million won.

The two fled before their second prosecution investigation in December last year and remained at large for over four months. The prosecution issued a public warrant for Lee and Jo on the 30th of last month and switched to a public investigation, eventually arresting them on the 16th in an officetel in Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, 17 days later.

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