Officials from national investigative agencies who will take part in a joint autopsy by Korea and Cambodia in connection with the case of a Korean college student, a person surnamed Park (22), who was killed in Cambodia, will depart on Oct. 19. The autopsy is scheduled for Oct. 20.
The Korean National Police Agency said in a media notice that seven people, including a forensic pathologist from the National Forensic Service and the lead investigator, will depart on a 6:50 p.m. flight on Oct. 19 for the joint autopsy.
The autopsy of Park is expected to be conducted jointly with Cambodian investigators around 9 a.m. on Oct. 20 (local time) at a temple in Phnom Penh where the body is being kept.
Police said they are consulting with the Cambodian side to ensure the remains can be repatriated to Korea after cremation procedures as soon as the autopsy is completed.
Park was found dead inside a black car near Bokor Mountain in Kampot Province, Cambodia, on Aug. 8. Cambodian investigators presume the cause of death was cardiac arrest due to torture.
Meanwhile, on the same day, Senior Judge Son Yeong-eon of the Andong Branch of the Daegu District Court issued an arrest warrant for a person in their 20s, identified as A, on charges including violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning Prevention of and Recovery of Damage from Telecommunication Financial Fraud, citing concerns over "flight risk and destruction of evidence," for alleged direct involvement in Park's departure from the country.
A is accused of being introduced to Park, an acquaintance, by a person surnamed Hong (in their 20s, indicted and detained) in July, having a bank account opened in Park's name, and then facilitating Park's departure to Cambodia. Hong, who is reportedly a university alumnus of Park, has already been indicted and detained and is set to stand trial next month.