"Feared Losing Job," Claimed Killer of Chinese Student; Failed Psychopathy Test

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Jeong Chang-sung, who is accused of murdering a Chinese international student he was tutoring and abandoning her body, was transferred to the prosecution today (the 4th) in police custody. Jeong claims he committed the crime out of fear of losing his job if his relationship with the victim became known, but a psychopathy checklist assessment confirmed that he falls short of the criteria for being a psychopath.

Reported by Jeong Jiyeon.

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Gyeongsan Police Station in Gyeongsangbuk-do announced that it has transferred Jeong Chang-sung, a 31-year-old Chinese university lecturer, into custody on charges of murder, as well as the mutilation, abandonment, and concealment of a corpse.

Jeong is accused of strangling a Chinese international student in her 20s to death at his residence in Gyeongsan on August 20, and then mutilating and abandoning her body in various locations across the country.

[Daegu District Court (August 27): (Why did you commit the murder? What was your relationship with the victim?) ......]

Police investigations revealed that Jeong stated, "During an argument, the victim, with whom I was in a romantic relationship, threatened to expose our relationship to the university, so I committed the crime out of fear of losing my job."

Police explained that they presume the two were indeed in a romantic relationship, based on lie detector test reactions and various other circumstantial evidence.

Police also stated that they applied an additional charge of obstruction of official duties, as Jeong attempted to disrupt the investigation by disguising himself as a woman immediately after the crime, traveling to Dongdaegu Station carrying a travel bag and the victim's mobile phone, and subsequently reporting that the victim was missing.

Over the weekend, a psychopathy checklist assessment for antisocial personality disorder—which he had previously refused—was conducted, and the results fell short of the classification threshold of 25 points.

Police stated that they will continue to search for the victim's remains even after the transfer to the prosecution, while also investigating additional suspected crimes, including allegations that Jeong threatened other female students by telling them, "You must stay on my good side to graduate."

(Video by Kim Jun-hee)
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