![The South Jeolla Province Police Agency released the mugshot, name and age of Park Yong-su (53), who is in detention on charges of robbery and murder for stabbing and strangling a couple in their 60s at a housing unit in Naju, South Jeolla Province. Police convened an identity disclosure review committee on Tuesday and determined that the case met the legal criteria for public disclosure, citing the brutality of the crime, the severity of harm caused, the public's right to know, and the need to prevent reoffending. Park's personal information will remain posted on the South Jeolla Province Police Agency's website through Nov. 13.
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The identity of Park Yong-su (53), accused of binding and killing a couple in their 60s in Naju, South Jeolla Province, was made public Wednesday.
The South Jeolla Province Police Agency posted Park's age and mugshot on its website from 10 a.m. Wednesday, after detaining him on charges of robbery and murder.
Police convened an identity disclosure review committee on Tuesday and determined the case met the legal criteria for public disclosure, citing the brutality of the crime, the severity of harm caused, the public's right to know, and the need to prevent reoffending.
Park, who had no steady employment, will have his personal information posted for 30 days, through Nov. 13.
Under the law, if a suspect objects to the disclosure, a five-day grace period applies before the information is posted. Park raised no objection.
Park is accused of stabbing and strangling a couple in their 60s — acquaintances of his — at a housing unit in Naju between 9:28 p.m. and 11:57 p.m. on Oct. 5.
Police plan to transfer Park to the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office on Friday.
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