Follow-up on killings on Korean

Miami
July 29, 2008
Story 3: Follow-up on killings on Korean

The Olonggapo Police still have no lead on why the three Korean nationals were killed last Sunday, July 27.

Senior Inspector Orlando Reyes, Station Commander of Station 4 in Olonggapo City said that they are still clueless on who did the tragic incident on the victims.

The incident happened inside the room of the victims house in Sitio Kakiingan, Iram Resettlement Area, New Cabalan, Olonggapo City. The family is living at the area for 10 months.

The victims were identified as Seok Hei Jang, 54, grandmother of the family; Suna Yoo, 32, mother of another victim Hanuel Baek, 9 years old.

“We do not have suspects yet but we believe about four to five suspects did this. Though the husband of Seok Hei Jang thinks that the reason for this is because he laid-off some employees from Hanjin where he is working as a contractor,” Reyes said adding that they will check on that angle.

The husband was identified as Byung Kwon Choi also known as Henry Choi, 52 years old.

The police said the incident might had occurred between 1:00 am to 4:00 am of July 27. No one heard of the sounds of help from the house because it was also raining hard on that moment.

The victims were only found at around 8:30 am by another family member identified as Sangcheol, 11. He is the son of Suna Yoo. He survived the incident because he slept at the living area of their house which is 10 meters away from the room.

He was looking for his grandmother when he woke up, then proceeded to the room and saw the three lying with blood all over their body. The grand mother is the one lying on the floor while the other two is lying at the bed.

Upon seeing it, he told his neighbors and helped him report it to the police.

Reyes said according to Choi, aside from the murder, their money amounting to Php200,000 is also missing.

The police said the victims died due to hemorrhage because their face was being beaten up by a hard object like metal. “Their head from face, forehead, ears and neck have bruises,” Reyes said. He also added that Suna Yoo and her daughter Hanuel Baek, were also raped.

Reyes said that the suspects went inside the room through the hole in the room intended for aircon. The said hole is only covered by plywood which is about 5 feet. The wall of the said room is 2 or 3 feet from the fence.