A military officer arrested for "murder and mutilation"...There's no apple in the end.

[Anchor]
An active military officer who damaged and abandoned the body after killing a female military officer in the same unit has been arrested.

The suspect, who attended the court, did not answer any questions from reporters and did not express an apology to the victim.

I'm reporter Hong Seong-wook.

[Reporter]
A man who got out of the car wearing a hat and mask.

Mr. Yang is an active military officer in his late 30s who killed a female military officer in the same unit office and then damaged and abandoned the body.

Yang, who attended the court for interrogation of the suspect before his arrest, bowed his head and did not answer any questions from reporters.

The court hearing took less than 10 minutes, and Yang did not express his apology to the victim even when he got back into the convoy.

Yang is accused of murder, abandonment and damage to the body. The court issued an arrest warrant after judging that there was a possibility of destroying evidence and fleeing.

During the warrant review, Yang reportedly admitted all the charges.

Yang, who graduated from the military academy, is an active military officer who is scheduled to be promoted to lieutenant colonel and worked in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, and was transferred to a unit in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 28th of last month.

Victim A, who died, is a 33-year-old woman who worked in a unit like Gwacheon, and her contract expired as of the 31st of last month.

Those who were about to expire on the 25th of last month had an argument in the car, and it was confirmed that an enraged Yang strangled A to death.Ms.

is known to claim an accidental crime.

However, the body was damaged, dumped into the river, and even a stone ball was added to prevent it from rising,
In order to avoid suspicion of
, he even covered up the crime by sending messages to his family and acquaintances using his victim's mobile phone.

[Oh Yoon-sung / Professor of Public Administration at Soonchunhyang University: He tried to cover up the crime by sending a message to the victim's family and acquaintances saying he wouldn't go to work, but it's a very premeditated crime to see that he worked calmly at his new workplace]

The police are considering whether to disclose Yang's personal information as it is a cruel crime that caused public anger.

I'm YTN's Hong Sung Wook.

Reporter for shooting
: Sung Do-hyun