Phnom Penh — A Cambodian courtroom has charged a Chinese language couple with homicide after a well-liked South Korean influencer’s physique was dumped in a pit on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, a prosecutor mentioned on Wednesday. The Chinese language couple, who run a medical clinic, have been arrested final week after the physique of BJ Ahyeong was discovered, in accordance with a Cambodian police report.
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Lai Wenshao, 30, and Cai Huijuan, 39, testified to police that they deserted the girl’s physique after she had seizures and died whereas receiving therapy at their clinic on June 4, the report mentioned.
Prosecutor Plang Sophal advised AFP that Lai and Cai have been charged on Tuesday with “homicide accompanied by torture”.
They face life imprisonment if convicted of the cost.
BJ Ahyeong was an influencer for AfreecaTV, a South Korean video streaming service, with greater than 250,000 followers on Instagram.
Based on South Korean media, her actual title was Byun Ah-yeong and he or she was 33 years previous.
She posted on social media in March that she was giving up her influencer persona and was going to “dwell as a standard individual in the interim”.
On Tuesday, Lim Soo-suk, spokesman for South Korea’s international ministry, mentioned native authorities have been investigating the “unlucky incident”.
“The international ministry is offering needed consular help to the bereaved household in a well timed method,” he mentioned.
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