On the 10th, South Korea** announced the results of a comprehensive investigation into the attack on Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Korea, saying that the suspect Kim had committed an extreme crime out of distorted subjective political beliefs.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the Busan National Police Agency's Investigation Headquarters said at a press conference on the final investigation results that afternoon that Kim's criminal motives included preventing Lee Jae-myung from being elected ** and preventing him from electing a specific force to give the Democratic Party of Korea a majority in the parliamentary election held in April.
* He also said that Kim may have committed a crime because he was dissatisfied with the postponement of the trial of the case involving Lee Jae-myung and failed to accept punishment.
*No accomplices or behind-the-scenes forces have been found in this incident. Previously, ** had arrested a man in his 70s on suspicion of aiding the crime, and the man promised that Jin would convey his pre-written 8-page "defense" to ** and his family after he committed the crime, but released him considering that his involvement was relatively light.
On the morning of the 2nd of this month, Kim used a murder weapon to stab Lee Jae-myung, who was inspecting Busan, and was arrested red-handed. After that, the Busan Police Agency mobilized 68 police officers to conduct a nine-day investigation into the case, and on the morning of the 10th, Kim was arrested and sent for examination.
*: China News Network.