Body found in Pattaya tank is compared to a system whose DNA has been compared.
PUBLISHED: 14 Does 2024 at 18: 06
A second North Korean believe has been detained in Phnom Penh and is being held by Vietnamese government in connection with the murder of a person who was discovered dead in a concrete-filled barrel in a reservoir close to Pattaya.
Lee Young Jin was captured on Monday in the Vietnamese capital, according to Pol Maj Gen Noppasil Poonsawat, director of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, according to Pol Maj Gen Noppasil Poonsawat, the director of the Metropolitan Police Bureau.
He claimed that the person may be handed over to South Korea’s Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency.
Unknown officials cited unknown officials who reported that the suspect, who is 27 years old, was detained at a hotel around midnight after being spotted in the area.
After Lee Roun, who was in his 20s, was found at his home in Jeongeup town in southern South Korea on Sunday after escaping Thailand, he is the next suspect in the case to be detained.
The third and final think, Kim Hyeonng Won, is wanted by Thai and North Korean police after he is alleged to have entered Myanmar improperly from Thailand.
The three defendants are facing charges of premeditated death, unlawful confinement, and concealing a body, according to Pol Maj Gen Noppasil, who announced the arrest warrants.
The charges relate to the May 5 crime of Roh Eui Jong, 34, who was discovered dead in a plastic chamber in a pond near Pattaya’s Bang Lamung area on Saturday.
According to Pol Maj Gen Noppasil, a DNA analysis of Roh Eui Jong’s system and those of his parents and older sister confirmed his identity on Tuesday. His girlfriend also identified him by actual scars, including a wound scar, in his sister’s case.
Roh, who arrived in Thailand on April 30th, was reported missing on May 3. In Bangkok, the three men reportedly abducted him. After receiving a LINE request for 3 million ringgit in exchange for his life, his mother contacted the South Korean ambassador in Thailand for assistance.
South Korean authorities are also looking into the same case, and they are even wanted.
According to Yonhap, the first suspect detained will be officially detained and charged with accessory to the crime rather than murder. Under questioning, he had denied he was involved in the actual crime, the report said.