The perpetrator in the case of the late director Kim Chang-min conducted an interview with YouTuber Karakul la, and his explanation for the music he released after the incident and his stage name "범인" is causing public outrage.
On the 9th, a video titled "I am the murderer of director Kim Chang-min" was posted on the YouTube channel "Karakul la Detective Agency." In the released video, the perpetrator surnamed Lee, who assaulted director Kim Chang-min leading to his death, appears and is shown offering an apology to the bereaved family.
In the video, the perpetrator surnamed Lee said, "As the perpetrator in the case of the late director Kim Chang-min, as a party involved, I am very sorry and want to offer my apology to the late director Kim Chang-min and his bereaved family," and "First of all, I am so sorry to the late director Kim Chang-min. I am so sorry. I really can't think of anything other than the word sorry, and I am truly sorry. I also truly understand the grief of the family who lost a son, and I am sorry," and apologized, saying, "I can only say I'm sorry, so I am very sorry."
However, public outrage erupted over the appearance of ending the apology after a short roughly two-minute apology with "that's all." In the following interview, the topic of the controversial release of music after the deceased's death arose. The perpetrator added shockingly with no sense of guilt, "I prepared it before that incident last year. I rapped about an old first love in a hip-hop style."
He offered an unconvincing explanation for his stage name being "범인," saying, "I was born in 1994, the year of the dog, and I was told I go well with the tiger, so I got a tiger tattoo on my back." Also, regarding whether there were organized crime members among the group that carried out the group assault, an acquaintance confessed and drew attention by saying, "I was active."
The fact that he sought out a YouTube channel rather than the bereaved family to apologize, and that even that apology appeared to be mostly excuses delivered in a short time, is arousing public backlash. Above all, criticism is also rising toward Karakul la's YouTube channel for functioning as a channel for apologies to the public rather than to the bereaved family.
Director Kim Chang-min was in October last year at a restaurant in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, having a meal with his son who has an intellectual disability when he was beaten by Lee's group and fell into a brain-dead state. He never regained consciousness and passed away after donating his organs, saving four lives, which has drawn deep sorrow.
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