Students Admit They Beat Man Who Died
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Militant students admitted beating a suspected police spy who was found dead last month in the southwestern city of Kwangju. A spokesman for the student council of Kwangju’s Chonnam National University told reporters that council members beat Lee Jong Kwon, 25, during an interrogation May 27. Police believe the beating was the cause of death. Police said they had detained two students and planned to arrest five others in connection with Lee’s death.
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