The National Police Agency has announced that A-yong, the last suspect in a Korean murder case in Thailand, has been arrested.
The suspect was deported via Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 24th. One of the three suspects in the murder case was arrested in South Korea, and the other was arrested in Cambodia.
- He was deported. The manhunt for the murder suspects ended when the last suspect was arrested in Vietnam and deported to South Korea.
The National Police Agency issued an Interpol international wanted notice for the fugitive suspect.
While taking measures against the suspects, the government has been working with neighboring countries such as Thailand, where the incident occurred, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to track down and arrest the suspects.
The investigation team has continued to track down the suspect, collecting information related to his whereabouts through legal channels. The investigation team received a clue related to the suspect's whereabouts on the 11th of this month, and the following day, it was discovered that suspect A had been arrested in Vietnam.
Through clues obtained by the investigation team and rapid international cooperation between the National Police Agency and local law enforcement agencies, local public security raided a hideout in Vietnam on the 12th and arrested the suspect.
It was successful. After the police's investigation network narrowed with the arrest of his accomplices in May of this year, it was discovered that suspect A had changed his escape destination in various ways, including using other people's identification.
A National Police Agency official said, "We plan to strengthen international mutual assistance under the principle of tracking down and arresting major fugitives who have fled overseas and bringing them to justice."
On May 12th of this year, a Korean man in his 30s was found dead in a drum near a reservoir in Pattaya, Thailand. The crime was believed to have been committed by three Korean suspects, one of whom was a Korean.
The other was arrested in Cambodia on May 14 and deported to South Korea on July 10.
2024/09/24 11:24 KST
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