Final Suspect in Pattaya Barrel Murder Case Arrested in Vietnam

[snoop1130]

 

The third and final suspect in the shocking murder case involving a South Korean national, whose body was encased in a cement-filled barrel and discarded in a Pattaya reservoir, has been apprehended in Vietnam.

 

Eui Jong Roh, 34, was abducted and gruesomely murdered by fellow South Koreans in Bangkok last May. Following a failed ransom attempt for 3 million baht from Roh’s mother, the criminals resorted to extreme measures. They brutally murdered Roh, sealed his body in a 200-litre barrel filled with cement, and abandoned it in a Pattaya reservoir, hoping to cover their tracks.

 

Thai authorities swiftly issued arrest warrants for the three principal suspects. Two were apprehended in May. Lee Roun was caught upon his return to South Korea, and Lee Young Jin was detained after his escape to Cambodia.

 

 

 

 

The hunt for the third suspect, Kim Hyeonggwon, ended on 23rd September, when Vietnamese police arrested him in the Dong Da district of Hanoi. Hyeonggwon had fled from Thailand to Laos and then crossed into Vietnam illegally. His movements within Vietnam had been somewhat erratic, staying in various small hotels in Da Nang and Hanoi to elude capture.

 

With the arrest of Kim Hyeonggwon, the gruesome murder case draws closer to a legal resolution. Vietnamese authorities are now coordinating with South Korean officials to extradite him, ensuring he faces justice alongside his co-conspirators, reported The Pattaya News.

 

Photo: The Pattaya News

 

-- 2024-09-26

 

[dddave]

I'm curious.  In a situation such as this where both the perps and victim were of the same nationality but the crime committed in a second country and the perps captured in other countries, which country has the greater right to prosecute those accused?  The country where the crime occurred or the country from where-in both the victim and perps were citizens? 

I seem to recall earlier this year, several Chinese accused of kidnapping and murdering a Chinese woman in Bangkok were extradited to China for Chinese authorities to Prosecute.