Three Koreans sentenced for murder near Pattaya

Divers and police found the plastic barrel containing the body of Roh Eui Jong after it was retrieved from Map Prachan reservoir in Bang Lamung district, Chon Buri, in May 2024. (Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong)
After it was recovered from the Map Prachan pond in Bang Lamung area, Chon Buri, in May 2024, divers and police discovered the vinyl barrel containing Roh Eui Jong’s body. ( Photo: Chaiyot Pupattanapong )

Three people are facing murder charges in South Korea after being brutally murdered near Pattaya next month.

The Changwon District Court on Thursday sentenced two gentlemen, aged 28 and 40, to living prison, while a 27-year-old received 25 years in prison, North Korean media company Yonhap reported.

In May of last year, all were sentenced to death for the murder of a South Korean person, disposing of the body in a plastic chamber, and dumping it into the Map Prachan tank in the Chon Buri province’s Bang Lamung district.

The accused ‘ names were only reported by Yonhap, who just reported that one was apprehended in Phnom Penh and another in Vietnam. The second was arrested at his house in Jeonguep, about 220 miles north of Seoul. The sufferer was never identified by the organization.

Roh Eui Jong, 34, has been identified by Thai authorities as the target. Additionally, Lee Yong Jin, Lee Roun, and Kim Hyeonne Won were given the names of the death suspects.

Yonhap reported that two of the men were identified as murders, while the second was an companion.

The suspects were living off of money that had been stolen from words scams, according to North Korean authorities, who likewise demanded money from the murderer’s family after his death.