Six months after the death of the late Director Kim Chang-min due to assault: Will the two suspects be arrested? [Star Issue]

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Six months have passed since the late Director Kim Chang-min was assaulted and died, and the two suspects now stand at a critical juncture regarding their arrest.

The two suspects accused of assaulting and killing the late Director Kim Chang-min are undergoing pre-arrest suspect interrogation (substantive review of the arrest warrant) at the Namyangju Branch of the Uijeongbu District Court starting at 10:30 a.m. on the 4th. Their arrest is expected to be decided this afternoon.

The Criminal Division 2 of the Namyangju Branch of the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office, which is investigating the case, requested arrest warrants for the two suspects, A and B, on the 28th of last month on charges of causing death by injury and violation of the Disability Welfare Act. The Prosecution Service is expected to emphasize the necessity of arrest investigation during this interrogation, focusing on the seriousness of the criminal allegations and concerns about flight and destruction of evidence.

The Prosecution Service, which established a dedicated investigation team, is understood to have secured decisive circumstantial evidence while searching and seizing the suspects' residences and conducting summon investigations. It is also reported that the Prosecution Service captured circumstances where the suspects made statements during phone calls implying they "intended to kill" or attempted to coordinate their stories.

Suspect A and others, who appeared at the court to attend the substantive review of the arrest warrant, bowed their heads and did not answer the reporters' question asking if they had anything to say to the bereaved family.

Since the police previously applied for arrest warrants twice but they were rejected, greater attention is now focused on the court's decision this time.

The late Director Kim Chang-min visited a restaurant in Guri, Gyeonggi-do, with his developmentally disabled son around 1 a.m. on October 20, 2025, and was assaulted by a group led by suspect A, who was sitting next to him. He was rushed to a hospital about an hour later but was declared brain dead on November 7, 2025, and passed away after donating his organs to four people.

Afterward, the police initially identified only suspect A as a suspect before the victim's death, applied charges of serious injury, and requested an arrest warrant, but it was rejected. In response to the police's request for supplementary investigation, suspect B, who was present at the scene, was added as a suspect, and arrest warrants were requested for both individuals on charges of causing death by injury. However, the court rejected this, stating there was "no concern of evidence destruction or flight."

Ultimately, the Prosecution Service, which took over the case from the police, formed a dedicated team consisting of three prosecutors and five investigators and launched a reinvestigation.

The late Director Kim Chang-min was born in 1985 and entered the film industry in 2013 as a prop coordinator for the film "Suspect." He later participated in numerous films as part of the art team, including "Only the Wind Remains" (2018), "The Drug King" (2018), "The Witch" (2018), and "Firefighter" (2024).

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