The Real-Life Story Behind ‘Crime City 4’: The Pattaya Murder Case

A still from the film ‘Crime City 4’. /Select DB

As the film ‘Crime City 4’ becomes popular, attention is also drawn to the actual event that became the motif of the film. Some say that the scene of a group of people kidnapping and imprisoning a programmer and then running an illegal gambling site in the Philippines reminds them of the ‘Pattaya Murder Case’.

The Pattaya murder case involves a former gangster who ran an illegal sports gambling site in Pattaya, Thailand, on November 20, 2015, who repeatedly attacked and killed young programmer Lim Dong-jun (aged 24 at the time of his death) for being late in completing his work.

Mr Lim went to Thailand after being cheated as he was told he would be paid 6 million won a month. Since September 2015, Kim Hyeong-jin (40), a member of the international mafia, has been responsible for developing the system of an illegal sports Toto gambling site called ‘Healing Camp’ with other programmers in a rented officetel in Bangkok , Thailand.

However, Kim Hyung-jin and other members of the organization repeatedly attacked Lim and another developer for the delay in development. They also threatened, “If you run away, we will bribe the Thai police and prevent you from leaving the country.” Other gang members managed to escape to the Korean Embassy in Thailand, but Mr Lim, who could not escape, was moved to another residence, imprisoned, and attacked.

Kim Hyeong-jin, the main culprit of the Pattaya murder case in Thailand. /SBS ‘I want to know that’

On the day of the incident, Mr Lim uploaded an audio file containing the sound of the attack and betting information from a gambling site to a file sharing site. After learning of this fact, Kim Hyeong-jin and his teammate Yoon Myeong-gyun are accused of assaulting Mr Lim for about 20 minutes and hitting him on the head with a blunt object, cause his death. After committing the crime, Kim Hyung-jin fled, leaving the vehicle with Lim’s body in the parking lot of a resort 30 minutes away from Pattaya.

This incident became public knowledge when it was broadcast on SBS’s ‘I Want to Know That’ in 2017. Live CCTV footage showed him walking around with a bandage on his head or a barrier attached. at his head because of the attack.

The accomplice Myeong-gyun Yoon surrendered himself to Thai police after committing the crime. He was sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison, including for other charges such as murder and drugs, before being pardoned in 2021 and forcibly returned to Korea the following year. Myeong-gyun Yoon was again sentenced to 14 years in prison in Korea and his sentence was upheld.

Kim Hyeong-jin, who was caught fleeing after killing a Korean programmer, swears at reporters in April 2018 / TV Chosun

Kim Hyung-jin fled to Vietnam immediately after Lim’s murder, but was arrested in April 2018 after an international police cooperation investigation. Kim Hyeong-jin, who was later returned to Korea, cursed at reporters gathered at Incheon Airport and appeared to deny the charges outright. Kim Hyung-jin looked at the reporter who asked, ‘How did you kill the victim?’ and he said, “I did not kill him.” Then, “If you don’t know, don’t film it.” “What are you doing xx” he said. He snorted when asked, ‘Do you have anything to say to the bereaved family?’

Kim Hyeong-jin is serving a total of 21 years and 6 months in prison after being sentenced to a total of 21 years and 6 months in prison by the Supreme Court in November last year on charges of murder, abandonment of a corpse, open body illegal gambling house, addiction, and coercion.

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