"Killer, not a bully"..Public anger toward the perpetrator of the late director Kim Chang-min, who was "assaulted to death." [Star Issue]

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Public anger is growing as it is belatedly known that the late film director Kim Chang-min, who left after donating organs to four people, was beaten to death. While the male perpetrators in their 20s who assaulted and killed head coach Kim Chang-min are in custody, their personal information is also spreading online.

On the 31st of last month, JTBC released a closed-circuit (CC) TV video containing the scene of the late director Kim Chang-min being assaulted. According to police and bereaved families, the late director Kim Chang-min visited a 24-hour restaurant on October 20 last year because his autistic son suddenly wanted to eat pork cutlet. During the meal, he got into a dispute with other table guests over noise and other problems, and later it became a physical fight.In the process, head coach Kim Chang-min was punched and collapsed on the floor, and was taken to a nearby hospital about an hour later, but died.

The CCTV footage released showed a shocking assault. A group of men in their 20s drove the late director Kim Chang-min into the corner of the restaurant and assaulted him, and Kim Chang-min collapsed after being assaulted. They dragged the late head coach Kim Chang-min out of the restaurant and assaulted him. Coach Kim Chang-min, who was taken to the hospital an hour after the assault, was diagnosed with brain death and died after saving four lives through organ donation.

The police applied for an arrest warrant for A, a man who assaulted director Kim Chang-min, but the prosecution rejected it, demanding a complementary investigation, and the police later applied for an arrest warrant for two people, including A, on charges of injury and death after a request from the bereaved family and a complementary investigation requested by the prosecution. However, Namyangju Branch of the Uijeongbu District Court rejected the warrant, saying that the residence was constant and there was no fear of destroying evidence, and the police eventually handed over the recent case to the prosecution without detention. In response, the bereaved family expressed anger.

Since then, personal information such as photos and names of A and B, who were sent without detention last month on charges of injury resulting from the late director Kim Chang-min, has been posted on online communities and YouTube. In addition, one of the perpetrators, A, is known to have released a hip-hop song with an acquaintance early last month, sparking controversy. The song released on YouTube raised anger with lyrics that reminded people of the incident, such as "I'm gone, I'm already innocent," and "I'm becoming a bully."

In addition, the perpetrators A and B were known to be members of a gang in Guri, Gyeonggi-do. However, the gangster mentioned said, "We are close, but we do not belong."

While the case is drawing public outrage, the Ministry of Justice has also stepped up. Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho stressed on the 7th that "we will thoroughly investigate the truth and reveal the actual truth so that the perpetrators will be subject to strict punishment." Minister Chung said, "The victim, who was a young and dreamy film director, was assaulted in a group while visiting a restaurant with his children with developmental disabilities and died of brain death," adding, "The bereaved families point out the lack of initial investigation, with only one person being sent as a suspect, even though at least six people appear on CCTV at the time of the assault, and only one more person was identified only after the bereaved family protested and the prosecution demanded a supplementary investigation." "The mental pain and anxiety of the bereaved families are also great in the tragic reality that the perpetrators are walking on the streets due to the rejection of arrest warrants." It is difficult to even count the heart of the deceased, who had to close his eyes while leaving children with severe developmental disabilities, and the heartbreak of the bereaved family, who must have been hurt by the investigation that did not meet expectations, in addition to the loss of their families, he said.

According to Minister Chung, the prosecution (the Namyangju branch of the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office) quickly formed a dedicated team and launched a supplementary investigation after receiving the case from the Guri Police Station on the 2nd to thoroughly investigate the entire case and bring the perpetrators involved to justice. Minister Chung said, "The Ministry of Justice will ensure that there is not a single point of injustice left for the deceased victims and their families," adding, "We will thoroughly investigate the truth and reveal the actual truth by thoroughly supplementing the first investigation so that the perpetrators will be punished strictly." I pray for the repose of the late director Kim Chang-min, who left after sharing the warmth of life with organ donation until the end," he mourned the deceased.

We hope that the perpetrators who beat the late director Kim Chang-min to death will be properly judged by the law as "murderers" and "criminals," not "critics."

Meanwhile, the late head coach Kim Chang-min passed away on November 7 last year due to cerebral hemorrhage. The sister of the deceased announced the obituary on social media and said, "After being diagnosed with brain death on the 7th, I shared my precious new life with four people through organ donation and left for the Lord." At that time, it was known as a simple cerebral hemorrhage death, but it was later known that it was a cerebral hemorrhage caused by assault, making it even more regrettable. The late director Kim Chang-min directed "Whose Daughter" and "Exit 3 of Guui Station." He also worked on writing teams such as 'Daechang Kim Chang-soo', 'Witch', 'Drug King', and 'Firefighter'.

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