Suspect in Murder of Chinese Student Disclosed as Lecturer at Her University

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A female Chinese exchange student in her 20s, who had visited South Korea to attend her graduation ceremony, was found dead at the home of a Chinese man in his 30s five days after she was reported missing. The Chinese man, arrested as the primary suspect, has been investigated for disguising himself as the victim.

Reporter Park Dong-joo from TBC has the details.

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This is a studio apartment area in Hayang-eup, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, on the night of August 20.

A person is seen wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long dress while carrying a white suitcase in one hand.

Looking awkward at a glance, this person is Jeong, a Chinese national arrested on charges of murdering the female Chinese exchange student in her 20s.

Dressed in women's clothing, Jeong headed toward Dongdaegu Station carrying the victim's mobile phone.

After changing into his own clothes in a restroom, he immediately turned off the mobile phone.

Police believe Jeong carried out these actions in an attempt to commit the perfect crime.

[Police Official: He dressed in women's clothes like the victim, carried the victim's suitcase, and held the victim's phone. When we asked the taxi driver, they said it was a woman, so we thought that person was the victim.]

It has also been newly revealed that Jeong was a part-time lecturer at the university the victim attended.

This is the classroom where the suspect taught as a part-time lecturer during the past spring semester.

It has been confirmed that the deceased graduate student had also taken the suspect's classes here.

[University Official: (Because there are many Chinese students) I understand he was hired as a major-related expert due to language issues, and he had a primary job elsewhere.]

A specific motive for the crime has not yet been revealed.

Police have confirmed circumstances indicating that Jeong desecrated and abandoned parts of the victim's body, and are conducting search operations centered around nearby garbage incinerators.

(Video by Park Jong-young / TBC)

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