Korean Influencer Took Break From Social Media & Found Murdered 2 Months Later

Barabingbaraboom. March 16th of 2023, a Korean live. streamer by the name of Ah Young posts. on her Instagram. So, this is like a few. months ago, earlier this year, and she. posts that she's quitting her online. career, or at least for the foreseeable. future. She's like, "I'm done. I'm. taking a break." Her post was kind of. long, but it goes into depth about how. she just She just wants to live a more. authentic life. She wants to post on. Instagram like a normal person. She.

doesn't want to be caught up in the. numbers and the pressure and all of. these extra stressors. She says, "You. know, I'm never going to forget the. support that I received from you guys. I'm still going to respond to DMs, and. maybe in the future, one day, maybe, I'm going to be back on YouTube after I. live a normal life for a while." She. wrote that she's really excited for her. life and just wants to truly be a normal. person. Now, obviously, her viewers have mixed. feelings about this. Some of them are. happy for her. Some of them feel this.

bittersweetness. A lot of them just feel. sad. A lot of them are just devastated. It felt like it came out of nowhere. Not only that, the post was so vague. It's not like some big event took place. online. It's not like some personal life. event that they knew what took place. It. just kind of felt like she was leaving. for mental health reasons, but nobody. knew exactly why. Did something happen? And when something's that vague on. social media, people are going to come. up with speculations. Even recently in. the US, an American YouTuber posted.

about how she had gone to a potluck with. the cult. Do you remember this? It was. like all over social media, and then she. just disappeared for like a month or. two. Everyone was like, "Oh my god, she's been indoctrinated into a cult. We. got to go in. We got to save her." So, a. lot of people are speculating about. this. If Ah Young is really leaving or. taking a break just to live a normal. life, even Ah Young's friends were. curious. So, they texted her. "If you're not live streaming anymore, what are you going to do?". And she responded, "I have to leave the.

country right now because of my stalker. When I get back to Korea, hopefully I. can be alone for a while.". What's crazy is her friend didn't seem. too worried about this even after this. text message. This just goes to show like the nature. of Ah Young's job, it had a lot of. potential stalkers. It doesn't seem like. this is the first time that Ah Young. took a break off of social media because. of stalkers. On her YouTube channel, there's a video titled "I'm Still Alive, a very free vlog after a whole month of.

not posting.". So, her friend, like Ah Young's viewers, just assumed maybe in a month or two Ah. Young would be back to posting on. YouTube just like nothing had ever. happened. Mhm. So, she's a YouTuber? She. is more of a streamer, live streamer, but she posts on YouTube like life. updates. Okay. And uh just 2 months. after influencer Ah Young posted on. Instagram announcing this break, she was found dead 2,195. miles away from her home in a foreign.

country. Initial reports indicated, quote, severe torture and assault had. taken place. Her underwear had also been. turned inside out indicating a sinister. motive of sorts. And now, this case has. been filled with so many conspiracies. and just so many questions that we're. going to try and attempt to answer. today. How did she end up in this. foreign country? Was she hiding there. from her stalker? Did her stalker follow. her there? Was it a crazed fan? And then. it's uncovered that there are two very.

mysterious suspects for her murder, a. husband and wife duo. And it only leaves. more questions for everyone. As always, full show notes are available.

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let me know if anything's been lost in. translation or if there's something that. you guys want me to know about this. case. And with that, let's get into it. There was a spot that locals didn't. really understand. And this is in. Cambodia. In a small shopping plaza, there's this nondescript clinic of. sorts. I mean, the clinic was so tiny, it looked more like a small restaurant. that only does takeout. Maybe it seats. like 10 10 customers inside. Signage. outside the clinic said that they.

provided the services: Chinese and. Western medicine, pediatrics, the branch. of medicine for children, internal. medicine, surgical, gynecology, dermatology, and acupuncture treatment. This is a tiny tiny little clinic. This. is not a massive hospital with different. wings and different specialists and. doctors. And side note, I just want to. say I understand not every part of the. world is going to have hospitals that we. traditionally imagine in our heads. Like. it's not going to be multiple floors. with all these incredibly well-lit,

fully equipped, sterile hallways and. rooms. Access to healthcare is a. privilege. That's not what I'm pointing. out here. What I'm pointing out is the. clinic was so incredibly tiny. It has. less to do with the aesthetics of the. clinic or even really how well equipped. it was. It's just the fact that this. tiny little building is housing all of. these services. Mhm. Right? It just. didn't seem as if they had all these. doctors, all these nurses that. specialized in each branch of medicine.

that was being offered. And on top of. that, locals never really saw people. Like they never really saw patients. coming in and out of that clinic. It just, you know, it felt like one of. those shops. I feel like we've all seen those shops. I don't want to say money laundering, but it kind of feels like money. laundering. You walk past and you're. like, "I have never seen a single soul. inside that place. How do they make. money?". The locals thought it was really. strange. Mr. Wati, a local man, he.

wasn't really a gossiper though. He's. not really into this small-town gossip. All the other locals are like, "Did you. see that clinic? That clinic is weird.". Mr. Wati, he's living his life. He's. kind of like like a no-nonsense type of. guy, which kind of makes sense. He's a. very rigid routine. He would wake up. This is like crack of dawn, before the. sun even comes up, he's up and at it. He's practically waking up still in the. middle of the night. Sometimes he would. even see his neighbors shut off their. lights to go to sleep when he's waking. up to start the day.

He'd get ready, grab his morning cup of. coffee, head out to work, and he was a. certified crane operator at construction. sites. He'd been doing this for a really. long time. And side note, Cambodia has a. very tropical climate. So, typically. construction work is done in the very. early mornings to avoid that like that. blazing midday suffocating humid heat. Do you know what I'm talking about? But. even then, Mr. Wati was a punctual man. He arrived to work super early. June.

6th, 2023. So, like 2 months ago. He was one of the first people to. arrive. He looks around taking a mental. note of everything that had to be done. that day. The project was for this new housing. complex, but it was still in like the. early early infant stages. Like at this. point, they're still working on. connecting the the sewer lines. underground. They hadn't even begun like the. construction of the main building. So, there's just pits all over the property. There's bulldozers that had come in and. they're like digging these holes in the.

ground for the sewage pipes. So, just. imagine a bunch of holes scattered. everywhere. And like I said, because. this is a tropical climate, there's a. lot of summer storms. So, a lot of these. pits are kind of gathering water. They. would have to drain the summer water, then rework on it, and then the next day. it'd probably be filled with water. again. It looked more abandoned than a. housing complex, but Mr. Wati wasn't too. worried. Like he had been in this line. of work for God knows how long. He's. like, "It always looks like this. And. then you're going to close your eyes, wake up, boom, state-of-the-art housing.

complex. It's going to be a sleek. building with people in and out. You. will never even know this is what it. started as.". So, he's scanning the work site, making. sure everything is ready to go. And then. something catches his eye. In one of the pits that we were just. talking about, it was halfway filled. with dirty rainwater. And something was. almost like bobbing around in it. And. it's pretty hard to miss. It's almost. like a big red blanket that's been. wrapped around a surfboard. Like a. bright red. I'm talking like red primary.

color red wrapped around a surfboard and. then thrown and kind of bobbing in like. the half-filled pit. So, he has to drain that, remove that. Yeah. And so, at first Mr. Wati thought, "Okay, this is probably trash from the. construction site. And when the storm. came in, it swept it into this pit and. now it's just sitting in the rainwater.". And he's turning around to finish all of. the other mental checklist for the day, but he freezes. And then the realization hits him. Like.

very slowly, but it hits him. The lump. is way too big to be carried into the. pit by rainwater. Even if it's filled by light. construction materials, it's a massive. lump. So, he slowly turns back around and he. starts approaching the red lump. He. starts walking closer and closer. And he. sees at one end of the {quote} lump. was a bundle of wet black hair. He looked at the other end and he saw. two swollen feet poking out.

So, he runs back and he's just trying to. distance himself from honestly like. whatever evil acts had been committed in. this pit. And he runs to call the police. and the authorities arrive. They get. straight to work. They place a red rug. on the ground. And if I'm not mistaken, I believe the red rug is an honorific. tradition that shows respect for the. deceased in Cambodia. Please let me. know. They pulled the body out of the water. Mr. Wati was there. He's watching the. whole process. He would later say, "I mean, it's clear.

that something really bad had happened. The body was tied carefully in this red. mat. Someone had tied up the leg parts, the waist part, the neck part.". So, he's saying the way that the body. was tied, it felt very meticulous. Mhm. So, someone wrapped it and tied it. outside. Yeah. So, the investigators had to cut through. the electrical cords that were tying up. the body in the mat, unwrapped the red. tarp-like cloth. And side note, it's a. traditional Cambodian mat that was used.

So, they cut through this mat and they. see a woman laying dead. She's wearing a black T-shirt that said. Mel's Drive-In Diner, black joggers, and her face was. completely unidentifiable. The decomposition was speedy. So, remember this is the Cambodian summer. with humid tropical temperatures. In. addition to that, she was found in a pit. of muddy which only further accelerates. decomp. And reportedly, her body was.

bruised, it was waterlogged meaning. bloated with water. And investigators. thought that there was evidence of. severe trauma. So, a security guard for the. construction site happened to also be. there when the authorities pulled the. body out of the mat. And he said, "You. know, it looked as if she'd been hit. with something." This is what he told. reporters. She also had scars on her butt region. I. don't know if it looked like hospital. injection scars or puncture wounds from. IV drips, but something was weird.

We're going to come back to that later. because what a curious description. Like. I don't think that's that's the first. time I've ever heard that. Mhm. So, reports start coming out that. investigators were working on figuring. out who this body belongs to. And from. there, they would work their way. backwards. Try and figure out who this. person is, who she was last seen, where. she was last seen, and what happened to. her. But overall, the way her body was found, media reported and you know, they. painted this picture. of immense torture and assault before.

death. That's what international media. is even saying. They stated that her. body showed extensive trauma. Side note, an autopsy had not been. performed yet, but this is what the. media is reporting because the crime. scene was so public. And we're going to. come back to this. A local news station. reported, "Something very shocking has. clearly happened. We don't even know if. the body is that of a Cambodian or of a. foreigner. All we know is that it's a. woman in her 30s and there seems to be. signs of assault.".

So, the police get to work. They ID the. body via fingerprints and they were able. to confirm the victim. And this opens up. just a whole other can of worms. I mean, diplomatically speaking as well. The body was that of Pyaning. A South Korean national, but on top of. that, a well-known South Korean live. streamer. was found dead in Cambodia. There's going to be a diplomatic can of. worms. This just blew the case wide.

open. I mean, even if she had passed on. South Korean land, I think this would. have been a viral case. But now that there's so many different. elements of intrigue and mystery, why. was she in Cambodia? Was she there for. vacation? Who was she with? It just it. gained a lot of attention. Netizens. would get so emotionally invested in. this case and it would lead to some of. the most unhinged conspiracies if I'm. being honest with you. And the fact that. Ahyoung was a live streamer, a BJ is. what they call them in Korea, it had. people glued to this case. So, BJ stands.

for um broadcast jockey. And it just. means live streamer, but you know, in. Korea they like to have different. niches. So, when you go on Korean live. streaming platforms, you've got the. gamers, you've got the lifestyle. creators, but BJ typically means all. around creator. Mhm. So, some days they. play games, some days they talk about. their day, some days they do mukbangs, you know? It's they do a little bit of. everything. It's more like personality. creators if that makes sense. They. haven't nailed down to a specific niche. So, everyone online, they're like, "Oh.

my god, influencer Ahyoung is dead." And. they start playing sleuth. They're. trying to comb through her social media. accounts to see if there's maybe even. like a shadowy figure in the back. Maybe. someone's been following her. Maybe she has a stalker. Maybe she has a. toxic ex-boyfriend. Maybe she has connections with scary. groups or legal activities. Every sentence that she ever said. online, every caption she ever wrote, maybe it was a clue. Maybe she was. trying to tell us something.

So, 33-year-old Pyaning had been a BJ on. a platform called AfreecaTV. It stands. for anyone can freely broadcast or. wellcast, right? And it's like Twitch. She was. she was pretty private with her life. though, considering that she was a BJ. She didn't really share too much of her. personal life or any sort of intimate. relationships. We just don't really have. a lot of information on that, but she. seems she seems nice. She seems.

normal. Like I don't want to say normal. because that makes her sound not. special, but normal in the sense that. she, at least from what we could find, doesn't seem to have any ties to any. illegal activities like people are. alleging. She didn't seem to have any. groundbreaking scandals that we could. find or associations with powerful shady. people. Okay, there was like one scandal that we. did find. Um people accused her of. dating Got7's Mark. Yeah. But that was like That was just a. rumor. That was proven false, yeah. And. then there was some alleged drama.

between her and another live streamer, which again, it just seemed like the. public was reaching. So, nothing crazy. Judging by her online personality, she just seemed like a normal girl. trying to build an online career. From her Instagram, it seemed like she. enjoyed spoiling her friends with trips. and trying different cuisines, trying. new food. She filmed get ready with me. She seemed really into skin care and. makeup products. She was also very close. with her mom. I will say that even. though our researchers and I couldn't. find any big scandals that would reflect.

badly on her character, she was a bit. more of a controversial live streamer. For the sole reason that she posted some. risky photos, like risque videos. Mhm. Well, risque in South Korean terms. She. would dance to music or participate in. cosplay. And there was a lot of appeal. involved. She wasn't afraid to show it. She was embracing it. And whereas maybe. in the United States we'd be like, "Oh. well, more power to her." In South. Korea, it was deemed incredibly.

provocative. And she attracted, to no fault of her. own, she attracted a very specific type. of audience. I don't know if we can call them her. fans, but a lot of them called her bagel. Ahyoung. Like that was how she was. deemed. It she was called a bagel and I. hate this term. So, in South Korea, it's. commonly used to refer to women who have. a baby face but a voluptuous body. Mhm. Baby face, glamorous body. Bagel. It also alludes to the potential.

shape of a bagel. Yeah. And uh I believe maybe it could. potentially be used as an endearing term. and maybe not everyone who uses it means. to objectify someone with it. Maybe some. people use it as a compliment, but. basically to me it just sounds like a. super objectifying icky term. And I'm. pointing this out because it just adds. another element to this case. If this is. how a lot of her viewers are describing. her, maybe one of them did something. horrible to her. So, let's rewind back to the day that.

she landed in Cambodia, June 2nd, 2023. So, this is a few days before her. murder. Ah-Yeong was going to stay with a couple. while she was in Cambodia this time. And. apparently, this couple were very good. friends with Ah-Yeong's, and naturally, they became well acquainted with the. police during the investigation. From. the get-go, they were suspects number. one and number two. Most likely, I mean, it makes sense, right? But, um they were cleared. So, most likely, the day that she arrives in. Cambodia, she. are Are they just two random friends?

Yes, it's not even that clarified. So, some sources say that they were Korean. friends that had moved to Cambodia. Some. said that they were Cambodians that she. befriended last time she came to. Cambodia. Some sources say that it was. like a friend of a friend. that she was acquainted with now. Okay, so nothing We All we know about them is. that they do seem close to Ah-Yeong. They seem like good friends, and they. lived in a luxury apartment building. Yeah. So, that's pretty much all we know. Now,

most likely, the day that she arrived in. Cambodia, there's no real record of what. she was doing. There's no evidence that. she went to specific places, but we can. imagine that she was settling in. Maybe. they grabbed dinner. They're unpacking, catching up with her friends and her. host. The very next day, June 3rd, 2023, Ah-Yeong is caught on CCTV in the street. walking by herself towards a shopping. plaza. She looks really calm. She looks really. collected. It's about noon, 12:00 p.m.

It doesn't look like this is her first. time heading to wherever she's going. So, if you guys travel, I mean, think. about the last time you've traveled, even to an area in your town that you. don't go to often, you're not really going to be that much. at ease. It's not like you're at your. local Target. But, Ah-Yeong is looking. down at her phone. She doesn't seem like. she's getting walking directions or even. looking at a map. She doesn't even. really look up and from side to side. She seems like she knows the area. She.

seems like she's been here before. This. is so pertinent, so keep this in mind. She barely looks up from her phone and. proceeds straight towards a shopping. center and towards a small, tiny, blue. medical clinic. The one from the beginning of the story. The clinic was owned by a Chinese. couple, and the locals thought it was a. bit of a strange clinic. Not because the. owners were Chinese, okay? But, they. thought, "No, it's, you know, not really. my business, right?" That's what they. thought. The locals thought literally.

all of the signage outside was in. Chinese. Hmm, okay. And this isn't for certain, but gathering all the context clues, it. seems and it feels as if the clinic was. being advertised to foreign visitors or. Chinese Cambodians. So, whether it was. foreign Chinese visitors from China that. came for the sole purpose of potentially. getting more affordable health care in. Cambodia, or if it was targeted to. Chinese tourists who happened to get. sick while on vacation in Cambodia, or. both, the locals didn't really know. They just.

felt like it's not really a spot that a. lot of Cambodians go to. But, nevertheless, if this place is. offering pediatrics and surgery and. gynecology and all these things, surely. they're employing medical professionals, right? No. The couple that owned the clinic had no. medical licenses to practice medicine as. they claimed on their signs outside. They didn't even have basic certificate. certificates or even basic permits to. operate this business.

Side note, a lot of um clarifications on. this case cuz I just don't want my. message to be misunderstood. I'm not. bringing down Eastern or traditional. medicine by any means, but that's wild. because even for traditional medicine, it's not just random people setting up. shops. Fine, they might not have gotten. like a doctorate's degree, but. typically, these providers are people. who have been certified through a. strict, rigorous process for whatever. practice they're administering. So, for. example, in most countries, like in. Korea, to even use acupuncture needles,

there is a certification process. It's like being a chiropractor in the. US. Mhm. But, nobody in this clinic was. certified for anything, not even. traditional Eastern medicine. And the fact that they're offering. surgery and pediatric medical care. knowing that they're not licensed or. certified professionals is unsettling. Police officers would later state, "When. you go inside the clinic, there's not. even a reception desk or a separate. doctor's office or an exam room or any. other standard clinic treatment room. It.

It looks like just shelves and chairs in. one open room.". Even if this were a restaurant, people. would be like, "Oh, interesting.". It feels like the type of clinic that. might leave you very confused. On the. outside, they're advertising one thing, or well, I guess in this case, a lot of. things, but then you walk in and you. feel like they're doing something else. entirely. So, when someone walks in and never. walks back out, people want answers. What is going on in.

that clinic? I do want to give another quick. disclaimer about this case. There's a. lot going on. So, I'm sure you guys are. putting two and two together. The victim. is Korean. The accused are a Chinese. couple, and it all happened on Cambodian. soil. There has been a lot of discourse. by netizens or even by some media. outlets that cast blame on either. specific countries or specific groups of. people for the supposed actions of one. or two individuals, and we're not going. to do that. Suspicious deaths occur. globally. They are not exclusive to the.

three countries in today's case. So, regardless, everyone wants to know. what the hell is going on in that. clinic. Well, according to the owners, 30-year-old Ryeowon Shaw and his wife, 39-year-old Taihuei Jen, they said that. they got into medicine because the. wife's family were all in medicine. So, some of her family members were in. Western medicine, some of them were in. Eastern medicine, and they said that the. wife learned all of these different. skills from the family members, how to. give injections, how to give IV drips,

all of that. And they said, you know, her only fault was that she never went. through any official training. She never. went through any official certification. process or schooling. But, she knew how. to do all these things, so they claim. But, she had no license. They claimed that she also taught her. husband, Rye, how to do make basic. medicinal practices. And apparently, the. two of them, they felt confident enough. in their abilities to go ahead and open. up a clinic. And right now felt like the perfect.

time. They had a newborn baby. You know, this was their very first child, so they. just wanted to focus more on being. financially stable as a family, as a. unit. And I guess you could argue that their. intentions were good, but uh it's pretty bad. Like, locals. said the couple always came to work. wearing white coats, doctor's gowns. It. seems like, at least to a degree, there. was a level of deception at play. This is the clinic that Ah-Yeong walks. into on her second day in Cambodia.

Like I said, it looks like she's been. there before. Keep this in mind, it's so. important later. So, on her second day in Cambodia, she. walks into the clinic, and eventually, she walks back out and goes home. The next day, Ah-Yeong would come back. to the same clinic, and it would be her. second and her last visit. Oh, so she The second day she walked. there, and then she came back the third. day. Yes. Does it say how long she was. there the first day? An hour and a. half-ish. Oh. Yeah. Okay. The second time she went,

she would never walk back out alive. So, something was at that clinic. Something. made her go back the next day, but what? Even just her going into a clinic like. this has caused so many conspiracies. I. mean, it just has so many questions. swirling on the internet. Ah-Yeong was. visiting a small, tiny, not even legal. medical clinic in Cambodia, a foreign. country. It doesn't even matter that. it's Cambodia, it's just a foreign. country, right? The day after she. arrived, she looked like she knew where.

she was going. It's not like she. stumbled upon it. It didn't even look. like she landed in Cambodia, got sick, and then just started navigating towards. the nearest clinic. It looked like she. wanted to go there, had every intention. to be there. But, why? South Korea has universal health care. I don't think the system is without. flaws, but it's pretty common knowledge. amongst Korean-Americans. Like, even a. lot of my family members will literally. fly across the world to do big checkups. because that plane ticket, even the. hotel fees, even like cost of living and. like buying food the whole time you're.

there, is cheaper than health care in. the US. Which is crazy. It's a little bit more. preventative, I would say, than in the. US, so you can go there without having. like crazy symptoms, and they will do. all these tests for you. It just. wouldn't make sense for her to go to any. foreign country to get medical care. And. it would be a bit more understandable if. she had gone to a hospital in Cambodia. that maybe specialized in something that. she needed. So, again, I don't know if. this is like rings true for a lot of. Koreans, but I just remember growing up,

there would be a saying amongst a lot of. the Korean elders in my family, which. is, "You go to Korea for almost all. illnesses or for checkups, you come to. America if you have cancer." I don't. know why. That was like a thing, so a. lot of Koreans would travel out of Korea. to get um very specific treatments. Hmm. So, maybe it would make sense if she. went to a very established hospital in. Cambodia that's like, "We specialize in. oncology. That is our forte. We are. world-renowned for this. This is what we. do.".

That would make more sense. But, this is. a small, random medical clinic that even. the locals were like, "We have no idea. what's going on inside there.". So, then people thought, "Okay, maybe. she's going there for cosmetic work, for. fillers, for Botox, or maybe even. plastic surgery. That was a speculation. amongst a lot of international netizens. So, one thing to note is there might be. a lot of Americans that travel to. different countries to get cosmetic or. plastic surgery done. I feel like Turkey. is a big one for rhinoplasties and.

veneers. Others will head down to. Mexico. South Korea is, regardless of. your opinion on it, the plastic surgery. capital of the world. The amount of. plastic surgeons in South Korea is. it's a lot, and it makes pricing. relatively competitive. It makes them. competitive with not even just pricing, but standard of care. I mean, they do. have their problems. There are cases of. very dangerous ghost surgeons, all of. that, but that can happen anywhere, really.

Not only that, but I Young was someone. that made a lot of money. She had recently purchased a home in. Gangnam, and this is one of the most. expensive parts of Seoul, where a tiny. apartment can easily go for like $2. million. It's. it's like someone buying an apartment in. New York City. They usually have money, right? It just didn't make sense for her. to fly to another country when her. backyard is filled with her pick of. plastic surgeons and cosmetic doctors. It's just It was really hard for a lot. of Korean netizens to wrap their heads.

around this. Another thing is, you know, South. Koreans typically have a bit of pride on. South Korean plastic surgery. Even my. family, they're like, "If you ever get. surgery, Stephanie, you go to Korea.". Not saying that they're better than the. doctors in the US, but it's, you know, there's this belief that Koreans know. Korean bone structure. It just didn't. make sense. A lot of Koreans were. arguing all these small details that. just didn't add up. Also, considering I. Young's career, her career on social. media was built partly thanks to her. appearance, and I know that some people. use that to be snarky. I'm saying that.

with genuine respect. Like, it is not. easy to build a career online, but she. built a career online, and I'm sure her. appearance did play a role in it, and I. think everyone knows that, including I. Young. It just wouldn't make sense for. her to go to a random clinic. Mhm. Cuz it could impact her future. career if something wasn't done well. Yeah, it's weird. Doesn't add up. So, on. top of that, most people, they like to. heal in their own beds. If you're. getting any sort of work done, even. microneedling or a facial that's even a.

little bit invasive, it's so much nicer. to do it at home to bounce back from it. So, the idea that she went there for. cosmetic work or plastic surgery just. didn't make sense. The idea she went. there for healthcare didn't make sense. Then came a new idea from netizens. Maybe the clinic was offering something. that wasn't legal in South Korea. Maybe. a procedure that wasn't regulated and/or. approved in South Korea or something of. that sorts, because it looks like she. had gone there for something very. specific.

A Korean national, so a Korean citizen. living in Cambodia, like an expat, they. said, "It just doesn't make sense. You. know, it's not even a Korean clinic. It's not even a small random Korean. clinic. It's not even like they speak. the same language.". It just The only reason for her to have. gone to that clinic is because someone. recommended her to it or vouched for the. establishment. It's not even a. well-known clinic amongst.

locals. It's not like, "Hey, you're. sick." The locals are like, "Oh, you got. to go to this clinic.". Which makes sense, right? I just don't. see anyone walking there on a whim. Either they have no choice or they. wanted to go for whatever reason. Basically, netizens believe that I Young. wouldn't have gone to a clinic like that. unless she was going for something that. she needed to get under the table. We're going to get into conspiracies on. what that under the table thing is in a. little bit, but let's go back to our. second visit.

On her second visit to the clinic, I. Young is seen leaving her friend's. apartment at around 4:00 p.m., and she's. wearing the same clothes as the day. before. This becomes like a whole debate. online. Even the fact that she's wearing. the same clothes, whole debate. So, it's. been picked apart. Some people state the. fact that she was wearing the same. clothes as the day before indicates some. sort of mental health crisis, some sort. of. Cuz, you know, when you become. depressed, hygiene becomes an. afterthought, or maybe if you are. feeling some sort of manic episode, hygiene can become an afterthought.

I personally don't think so, and I'm. going to point out why. So, first of. all, I don't think that outfit repeating. is that uncommon, and her hair was. styled differently the next day. Like, her hair was groomed. So, to me, that. indicates she was still keeping up with. her hygiene. So, she probably wore the same clothes. purely because they weren't dirty and. not for any other reason. Like, if she. was having some sort of mental health. crisis or wasn't in a good headspace, she most likely wouldn't have even done. her hair. So, I Young's walk to the clinic the. second time was just as unremarkable.

Nothing suspicious, nothing out of the. ordinary. She wasn't walking too fast, she wasn't walking too slow. Just kind. of like the pace you would walk to a. convenience store on the weekend. You're not in a rush to get back to. work, but you're not also like so slow. that you seem like you're so tired. She wasn't being followed as far as the. CCTV could tell, and she was alone. She. walks into the clinic at around 4:10. p.m. that day. We don't have CCTV inside.

the clinic, we just have the outside. 30. minutes pass, no activity. An hour passes, no activity. Then almost an hour and a half after I. Young first entered the clinic, we see. the first sign of any movement. 5:52 p.m. The clinic's door that had. been left open. So, you know how when. you're open for business, sometimes you. leave the door open for airflow. It was open the whole time? open. Oh. Suddenly slammed shut.

Someone switches the bright open sign. off. And that's not their usual. 5:52 p.m. At a random time in the day with a. patient still inside. Even if you have a. patient inside, I get it. If it's. closing hours, you don't want new people. to come in, and you just want to finish. this up. I get it. But usually. businesses close at 6:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m. Okay, even 6:30, I usually see like 6:00. p.m., 7:00 p.m., right? I've never heard.

anyone be like, "Our opening hours are. from 10:12 a.m. to 5:52 p.m." Yeah, yeah. Regardless, there's still a patient. inside. And so, for the next 20 minutes, we. don't really see too much. Then at 6:12 p.m., a woman is seen. leaving the clinic. This is suspected to be the wife of the. owner. She's almost like peeking down. the street is kind of the interpretation. of this. Like, when you're waiting for.

someone to come and you want to surprise. them. So, you're like, "Oh, I wonder if. they're here." You're checking for their. car, you're checking for signs of them. She peaks, pivots on her heel, and goes. back into the clinic. 3 minutes later, the signboards are. switched back on. Open sign is on? For hours, What do you mean for hours? It left on. for hours? Yeah, and no activity. outside. Okay. For hours, nothing. Silence. It's. so quiet. No signs of I Young, no signs.

of movement. And then we see Rye, the husband, leaving the clinic only to return back. on his Vespa. So, he's seen walking out. the clinic, and then he comes back on in. his Vespa. Wait, he left in the Vespa? No. Oh, he walked off and came back with the. Vespa? And that's at what time? This is around like 9:00 p.m. Oh my. goodness. Yeah. Yeah, around like 8:00, 9:00, yeah. Okay, then the husband comes back with. the Vespa, then his wife comes out of.

the clinic, gets on his Vespa with him, and then they leave. So, now they're both like It seems like. he went to go pick up the Vespa, and now. he's picking his wife up. And the store. is closed finally. Yes, and there's no I Young. Where is I. Young? She's clearly still in the clinic. cuz she's not on that Vespa, and she. hasn't been seen leaving. Why would they just leave a patient in. the clinic? The street and the clinic become almost. dead quiet after. this. Zero activity until about.

A blue Prius rolls into frame. The Prius. stops in front of the clinic entrance. The wife jumps out of the passenger side. and goes inside the clinic. The husband. starts reversing trunk first till the. car is tightly positioned next to the. entrance of the clinic. Like, too close. Nobody parks like that. The trunk is. also conveniently hidden by the hospital. gate, and it is like completely out of. view from the CCTV, and even if you were. walking by the street, you wouldn't. really be able to see what's going on in.

that trunk. You would just see a Prius's front. poking out. It's implied that they do. something with the trunk of this car or. place someone in the trunk of this car. And then the Prius pulls out, pauses, the wife jumps back into the. passenger seat, and they start zipping. out of frame. That same car with the same license. plates would later be caught on CCTV. cameras near a construction site 40. minutes away, just going back and forth, back and forth five different times.

It is speculated that the couple knew. about this construction site because it. was close to a super popular fishing. site that they were known to frequent. So, if we piece together all the CCTV. footage of I Young entering the clinic, the couple's car driving around the. construction site on June 5th, we know. that I Young was in the clinic for 9. hours. We don't know for how many of those. hours she was kept or was still alive. Her body was left in the construction.

site June 5th. She wouldn't be found till June 6th. The only people that can give us answers. on what happened between the time that. she was alive and walking into the. clinic and the time that her body was. discovered in the construction site, the. only people are the couple. The husband has given his side of the. story, but it's just it's not reliable. for a lot of reasons, for the obvious. reasons that he has incentive to lie, but also he keeps changing his story. So, the first story he tells was that of. Ah-Yeong coming into the clinic.

requesting a Chinese medicinal serum. injection. All right, it's it's kind of. like a plasma injection is how he. describes it. He said that this would be. used the immune system. He injected her. as he would anybody else that walked in. through the doors and requested such a. serum, but this caused a seizure. For whatever reason, she was not taking. it well, she was reacting badly. Now, I. think that there is emphasis between a. lot of people for the serum that he's. talking about. A lot of people have come.

forward, a lot of Chinese netizens have. come forward and said, "That just. doesn't make sense. This is like a very low-stakes. injection. It's not like really someone. would have to have pre-existing medical. conditions, or maybe that injection was. not clean, maybe it was tainted in some. way. It just doesn't make sense." Like. imagine going into like one of those new. trendy spots where they do those like. vitamin IVs. Yeah, okay. So, kind of like a. supplement. I think. Yeah, it's very low-stakes, and I'm not.

saying you can't die from those. I'm not. saying that something can't happen from. that, but it's not like. it's it's not like she's getting. injected with something very serious. Mhm. He claimed, "You know, I don't. know. Maybe she had pre-existing medical. conditions. Maybe there was something. going on within her body that did not. take this well." Either way, because of. the illegal nature of his work and the. clinic, he said he panicked. He felt. like going to the police wasn't going to. bring her back. It was only going to. ruin his family and his livelihood that.

he needed for his new child. So, he got. rid of the body. Which like. the story is kind of strange, but it's. not totally unbelievable. Maybe you could believe it a little. But later Rye, the husband, apparently. told a journalist a completely different. story. According to the journalist that. spoke with Rye, he stated at the time, "Ah-Yeong came in for injections, the. Chinese injection, right? And allegedly. she was saying things like she'd been. feeling nervous recently, she hasn't.

been able to fall asleep well. But. because she already had marks from. needles on her body, I declined. Instead, I offered to let her take a. rest." He stated something along the. lines of, "She laid down on the bed and. fell asleep. I was playing a game on my. phone, and when I finally checked on. her, I found her foaming at the mouth, unconscious, and she soon died after. that.". Okay, so he's claiming that she came in. already with substance or whatever in. her body, and she lay down and passed.

away. So, he doesn't know if there was. something in her body, but she already. had too many injection marks, and he. just didn't feel right giving her. another injection. He doesn't know what. those injection marks could be. He might. be indicating that she was already high. on drugs. That's kind of the vibe that. he gives later on as well, including his. family. So, he thinks that she was. already on a bunch of substances, walks. in, he's like, "No, because I'm a good. person, I can't give you even more. substances. Why don't you just take a. rest?" Here's my problem. It's weird. You would send them away rather than,

"Hey, sleep on my hospital bed waiting. for something to happen under my watch.". And I don't even know you, and I'm just. going to play phone games. while you're just like it's just. uncomfortable, not just for him, but. also for her, because if you watch the. CCTV footage of her walking from her. friend's apartment to the clinic, it's. like a maybe a 10-minute walk, not even. Even if you're so tired, you would just. walk back home. Mhm. Because. how do you even fall asleep with this. you just met him like maybe yesterday,

maybe you met him a few times before. this, we don't know, but still it's. bizarre. Yeah. He continues, "And then I found out that. her heart was not beating once I checked. on her.". He realized that this was an emergency. He had to do something. Does he call the authorities? Does he. take her to a real clinic or a real. hospital? No, he feeds her four to five. tablets of traditional herbal medicine. Again, What? I am not bashing traditional. Eastern medicine, like my family is a. fan of Eastern medicine. sorry. He's saying at this point she's.

already passed. Like her pulse is weak, like there's no. breathing. Basically like yeah, basically she's. passed. And how do you feed someone in. her. That doesn't make sense. Yeah. And again, like I said, I am all for traditional. Eastern medicine, but I just feel like in this situation. it's not the right move here. at all. Okay. So, he administers four to five tablets. of Chinese herbal medicine, and then. tries to give her an oxygen mask.

Also, in this new version of events, he. tries to cover for his wife and states. that she wasn't there when any of this. happened. He was alone. This is like. so bizarre, cuz it goes against the. whole CCTV footage, but he's saying, "Well, she could have been there, she. could have been around, but she was. watching our kid.". So, she had no idea that this was. unfolding. He even goes as far to allege that his. wife had no idea that any of this. happened, that anything bad happened. that day. But truly, what? His wife was with him.

in the Prius. She was probably with him. in the Prius when they went to the. construction site. So, it just doesn't. make sense. But he said, "My wife didn't. know. When we got back to the clinic in. the Prius, she got out, she went to the. bathroom, and I by myself moved the body. to the trunk. And then while I was driving towards the. construction site, I dropped her off at. a restaurant and told her I would be. back. And that's when I abandoned the body by. myself.". Rye claims that his wife had seen. Ah-Yeong and asked, "Hey, what kind of. patient is she? What is she here for?". And allegedly his wife saw her sleeping.

in the clinic as well, but she. apparently had no clue that she died in. the clinic. Listen, never say never, but. the odds of moving a full body to your. trunk while your wife is in the. restroom, and then getting back into the. car with your wife, dropping her off at. a restaurant to leave to dump the body, and then come back, like the odds of. doing that. seem so slim. But I can see why he lied. They do have. a newborn at home, so it would make. sense that maybe he would want at least. one parent to be present for the kid. He. told the journalist, "I did make a.

horrible mistake, like I did. I. obviously did this because I have no. money. I was scared about my clinic. being shut down. I mean, I think that. the crime that I should be charged with. is abandoning a body. What? But my wife my wife should not be. charged with anything because she was. with the baby breastfeeding the whole. time. He also dances around his belief and. idea that the Cambodian government. doesn't want to do a real investigation, and they just want to blame it all on. the couple. They want to close this case.

as quickly as possible. He said, "That. first story where they said that I. injected her with the Chinese medicine, I never injected any sort of serum into. her. I never said that. The government is. using that to get a murder charge.". And this is where some diplomatic. relationships get called into play. So, Rye and his family suggest that the. Korean embassy getting involved has. escalated this to a potential murder. charge. The Cambodian government is. trying to please the Korean embassy by. trying to.

trying to get murder on the table. And since Cambodia and the Republic of. Korea, the ROK, are close, they want to. please Korea. But this doesn't make any. sense because China is also a close. friend of Cambodia. And from what I can. tell, please correct me if I'm wrong, Korea has strong trade relations with. Cambodia. South Korea has also invested. about $5 billion. into the development of Cambodia since. 1997. to I believe current date. This could be. like 2 years off, maybe it's like till. 2021, 2022, right? That's a whole lot of.

money. That's 5 billion reasons why they. would want to stay on good terms with. ROK. But that's $5 billion in the last. 26 years. Meanwhile, in 2021 alone, China invested around $2.3 billion into. Cambodia. Mhm. So, I'm sure at this point they. have surpassed collectively, China has. collectively I'm assuming. given more than $5 billion in. investments to Cambodia. So, all this is to say, I do think.

diplomatic relationships can muddy the. waters, can influence people in cases. like this, but I don't think it's going. to be a deciding factor in this one. I. don't think Cambodia is going to try and. screw people over because of their. diplomatic relationships. So, anyway, at one point the journalist. stated he asked why he abandoned the. body in the first place, and where he. even came up with this idea, and Rye. just snapped, "Why are you asking about. something that's already passed?". According to the journalist. Side note, he also claims that he.

doesn't didn't know of Ah-Yeong prior to. this, didn't know that she was an. influencer, what she did for a living, nothing. Which is interesting. Obviously, the internet didn't believe. him and his multiple different versions. of events, so they came up with their. own conclusions. A lot of these. conspiracies do shift some amount of. blame on the victim. So, I think it's. important to note, I really don't think. it matters why why Ah-Yeong Ah-Yeong was. in that clinic. Like there is literally almost nothing.

truly beyond like murder that she could. have done, had the intention to do, that. would make what happened to her in any. way acceptable. So, I really don't think. it matters why she was in there, but I. think it just kind of sheds light on. what people are thinking about this. clinic and what kind of services they. were offering. So, the first conspiracy. is that Ah-Yeong was there for a. cosmetic procedure that was illegal in. South Korea. Netizens point to the. comments made by the security guard from. the construction site where she was. found, that she had marks on her butt. region, like IV markings or puncture.

wounds. Some people speculate that it. was from black market butt injections. Is that. illegal in Um, so in South Korea they do. BBLs, which is like a fat transfer, but. sometimes um there are black market. injections, which are so bad for you, right? Like people have died from this. And they're like injecting silicone, unknown substances straight into the. butt. It's just It's It's almost like. you're getting filler in your butt, but. it does not how it works. You could.

literally die. Yeah, okay. Even a BBL is. quite dangerous. So they thought, "Okay, maybe she didn't want a BBL, but she. wanted these injections, so she went to. Cambodia to get it." And maybe someone. recommended this clinic, but that caused. a question, who would even Which one of. her friends had flown? How did they even. come across this clinic? Is this clinic. reaching out to people. to come fly in and saying like we can. give you a discount or like what is. going on? It doesn't make sense. But. also that's dangerous if they're doing. illegal things, why would they reach out.

to people and leave evidence in DMs and. stuff like that? And I also imagine if she was getting. any sort of these procedures, maybe at least one of her friends would. have known, right? Or at least she would. have told the couple that she was. staying with. Yeah, they have no idea? No, they said no, absolutely not. We. didn't hear anything about that. Or at. least that the public knows of. So if she was getting a butt injection, maybe the downtime is not that long, but. it just doesn't make sense that nobody. would know. And South Korea really isn't one of.

those like hush-hush places where it's. like, "Don't tell anyone I got surgery. done." I mean, usually these days people. are pretty open about it, at least. amongst your friends. Maybe you don't go. and advertise it all around the street, but you tell your friends like, "Oh, I'm. going to get a procedure done tomorrow. I'm so nervous, you know?". She probably would have taken someone. with her as well. Now, another conspiracy that netizens. came up with it was I Young was there. for drugs. That this clinic wasn't actually a. medicinal clinic, a medical clinic, but. potentially um.

a drug dealing front. This has nothing to do with I Young. because from what I can see, I Young. doesn't seem to have any known history. or connections with drug abuse. So it's. a theory that people started mainly. because Cambodia has a lot more relaxed. laws on drugs than South Korea. There. have been scandals where South Koreans, also influencers, will leave South Korea. to do drugs in neighboring countries and. then come back. So the theory was she went to the. clinic, bought drugs, took it, and. overdosed. The couple freaked out.

because they aren't supposed to be doing. this, and their lives are about to be. over, and you know the rest. A lot of people believe this because. again, the clinic had nobody really. going in and out, so how are the couple. even making money? And then like the fact that they're. advertising for surgery and stuff like. that would maybe maybe warrant if. authorities had come in and found some. really hard drugs, they could argue, "It's not just Chinese herbal medicine. we're giving here, we're also performing. surgery.".

Now, the main thing that the netizens. think is propofol. And I think that this. has to do with a connection because. there was another South Korean famous. comedian who died in Cambodia because of. a propofol overdose. That one is is yeah, okay. So there's a. lot of conversations about propofol in. Cambodia, or at least in South Korea. there is. Propofol is like a heavy. anesthetic that needs to have an. anesthesiologist present. So this makes. sense because you're thinking, "Okay, well if she was on like she's trying to. get weed, which is highly illegal in.

South Korea, she'd probably go home and. have a blast by herself, right?" But. with this you need to have someone. there. You need to have someone to. monitor you. It's the medicine that they use to put. you to sleep with when you go in for. surgery. In the US it is super super super super. regulated. It's stated that the high is. incredibly addicting. It's a state of. euphoria, and it's not just regulated. for that reason, but it's regulated. because you can easily die. Like anesthesiologists, they're there. for a reason.

The theory is that while being. administered that, she would have to. stay in the clinic and then she passed. away. Some netizens thought, "No, this is not. a clinic that is a drug dealing front.". There were a lot of Chinese netizens who. were offended by this theory because. they're saying, "This seems to be a. reoccurring thing anytime we go abroad. and we start a business, people think. like we're Maybe it's all the Western. movies where behind the Chinese. restaurant you enter the kitchen and. it's like a gambling den and all of. that." But they're like, "We're. literally just like everybody else just.

trying to make a living and like they. did something illegal, but they probably. just wanted to provide Chinese herbal. medicine and just didn't have a. license.". They were arguing that I Young was. probably already high when she came in. and she happened to overdose in the. clinic. This theory was more or less. pushed by the couple's own family. members. They insisted that the victim. was under the influence before arriving. at the clinic. I do think that there is xenophobia. involved in this case. Even just the. sources that we were able to find, there. is like this undertone of.

dislike towards Chinese nationals, which. is a whole thing. My husband is Chinese, so like I'm sure if you guys know any. Chinese friends, you know the struggle. right now. But um I will say this one I. don't necessarily believe because mainly. of the CCTV footage of I Young going. into the clinic. She just appears so. normal. A lot of professors and doctors gave. their opinions and stated, "If she were. under the influence of something to the. point of overdosing in that clinic, even. in her gait, in her stance, the way that.

she walked to the clinic, there would. have been something that indicated. that." Certain drugs make you walk. unsteady. Other drugs make you walk very. lethargic. It almost feels like it takes. all the energy to get the next step. Other drugs will limit mobility. So there must have been something that. indicated anything, but she just looks. very normal and she seems very sound of. mind in the footage. As further proof of that, I Young's. friends came out to release text. messages between her and I Young. Now, her friend was in Korea. I Young's. friend is in Korea at the time, and they.

were texting while I Young was on the. way to the clinic. Their texts are. give us no insight. I Young's not even. really talking about the clinic. But she. doesn't misspell a single thing. She's. not like fantasizing or talking about. something that feels like, "Whoa, what's. going on? Like this is so random." It's. just a very normal, coherent. conversation. She's communicating. clearly and rationally. And reportedly, I Young's drug test. results after her death came back. negative. Wow, okay. Then there is the most.

sinister of conspiracy theories, that I. Young was SA'd and that was the main. motive of the crime. Now, this conspiracy, I'm going to only dive. into half of it. If you do your own. research online, there's another half of. it where there are allegations of. international human trafficking or SA. rings. And again, I feel like it touches. a little bit too much on so many. different variables. And like the only. proof that they're bringing up is. basically like, "Okay, Cambodia is a.

smaller nation." And then. they're like, "I'm sure China has human. trafficking." And it's like, "Okay, well. everywhere has human trafficking." So I. don't know how you can use this as an. example because this can happen to you. literally anywhere in the United States, in New York City, in California, in. Canada. It's just spreading fear and. conspiracy without any evidence. Yeah, and I would say it's incre- Like just. think about the damage it does not just. to the people involved in all of the. nations involved, but specifically. Cambodia because I know that Cambodia it.

heavily relies on their tourism income. to boost their economy. And so to spread. that type of like, "Ooh, look at the. dark shady things that are happening.". Very scary, you know? Like you don't. really know how much impact that could. give. So this one I'm just going to. narrow it down to the theory that I. think could be feasible, which is that. it was an SA motivated crime. But it's not because of a whole ring or. a whole operation between two different. countries and all of that. It's. potentially that um the theory is that.

maybe the clinic had reached out to her. offering some sort of services. Maybe. they already knew her as a client. because again, it seems like she's going. there with purpose. It seems like she. already knows where this place is. And. Rye, the husband, potentially assaulted. her on this occasion. Why do people think that? Because she. was found without a bra on and her. undergarments were inside out. The theory is either the husband lured. her to the clinic so that he could SA. her, or already knew her from her. visiting the clinic, and then the second.

day decided to SA her, or just it was a spur of the moment. People speculate that potentially he. drugged her to SA her. And some even go. further and say potentially he recorded. it to extort her for money if he knew. that he was she was a famous influencer. There are a lot of dark conspiracies, but the general gist of this theory is. that he drugged her, SA'd her, and then. didn't think that she would die from the. drugs. But now there was no going back. Of course, we won't know if any of these.

theories until the investigation is. done, until the autopsy is done, and the. medical examiner confirms or denies. these allegations. But I do think that. it is something the investigators need. to look into. Some netizens feel like. the underwear thing is not a big thing. at all. They're like, "This has nothing. to do with anything." Some netizens. stated that when you're traveling, you. might not have access to washing your. undergarments often, so you might want. to conserve the fresh ones by wearing. them inside out. So you get two uses out. of one. But to me this one doesn't make as much.

sense. So she just got there a few days. ago, and the part that really doesn't. make sense to me is that Koreans are. actually no stranger to washing undies. by hand. It's like a very Korean thing to wash. your undies in the bathroom sink. I. actually know a lot of Koreans that do. that. So it wouldn't make sense. She. would just have washed it at night after. she showered and hung hang dried it. So after this detail comes out, I. Young's friends and netizens are pretty. angry at the Korean Ministry of Foreign. Affairs. They're arguing that Korea has. the right to request criminals who. commit crimes against Korean nationals.

in foreign land, basically saying Korea. can ask Cambodia to hand over the. suspect so that they can be tried in. Korea. And because Korea and Cambodia. have such strong ties, they could easily. ask for that. Now, I don't know if it's as easy as. netizens are stating or if it's just. another diplomatic can of worms that. would be opened up. I don't know what's. going on, but Korea has not done that. And Rye denies these allegations and. conspiracies and he says, "Do an. autopsy. There will be none of my DNA. there.".

But as of right now, we don't really. have any answers. An autopsy could have provided some. insight, some answers perhaps, but. Ah-Yeong's loved ones initially declined. an autopsy when her body was first. found. It's a procedure that a lot of. people think to be incredibly. disrespectful to the dead. So after a month passed, so early July, loved ones finally agreed to do an. autopsy. So till those results are made public, we don't have much more information. What's happening to the couple? Are they. just arrested in uh. They have been detained, not arrested,

yeah. It's interesting, yeah. So the. Cambodian justice system works a little. bit differently. So they've been. detained. The Cambodian justice system. has about 3 years to investigate and. press charges. Hm, okay. Yeah. So we do have clarification on the state. that her body was found in. Uh remember. how witnesses stated that her body. seemed to have gone through what seemed. to be tremendous amounts of torture and. pain. Authorities claim that there were. no serious trauma marks on the body. They believe that witnesses, like the. security guard at the construction site,

had no forensic and misunderstood what. is of typical decomposition. And when that got out, the press ran. with it. They even sprinkled in more. details. Media outlets reported that. Ah-Yeong was found covered in bruises, beaten, brutalized, tortured with. orbital fractures, neck bone fractures, and traumatic bruising. Which is just so specific without an. autopsy. So another clarification that we got was. Ah-Yeong's cause of death was. asphyxiation. Now, asphyxiation.

in this sense could mean she was. manually strangled or she her airways. were not working because of drugs. Hm. It's really It still doesn't really. answer too much. It's also estimated that she died around. 6:00 p.m., which gives the couple. another 6 hours before they allegedly. put Ah-Yeong in the car. If that is. true, if that is true, 6 hours is how. long they could have called an. ambulance, changed their minds, contacted the police, but they didn't.

In any case, like I said, the couple. were detained. If we're technical about. it, they have yet to be charged with. murder. So the charges they could face. are either murder or illegal medical. care, as well as potentially assault. So they've been detained, they're not. out free. They're in a detention center, albeit it's not as strict as like a. prison or a jail, but you know. So with that, people are kind of split. Some netizens feel like the couple. couple opened up a clinic, knew what. they were doing, and. they never really meant to hurt anyone.

Hm. Maybe they were just desperate to put. food on the table. They thought that. they were maybe even helping people. They tried their best, but when Ah-Yeong. died, they did what they stupidly. thought was the best decision for their. futures. Others believe the couple is pure evil. They're con artists waiting for. vulnerable patients to take advantage. of. Maybe they wanted to sell more and. more services like they couldn't deliver. on. Maybe they were trying to exploit. Ah-Yeong's money or maybe they sought. her out. Maybe they targeted her, lured. her to the clinic.

I don't know. I will say that this case in itself is. already very dark, but there was another. depressing element that I just wasn't. expecting. Most netizens, from what I could see, really grieve for Ah-Yeong, regardless. of if they had watched her or not before. her passing. But there were some. netizens that said some of the most. insane, heinous things I've read in a. while. Some commented on her old dancing. videos, things like, "What a waste. I.

wish I could have at least done her. once.". This is after Yeah. After her death. What a waste? Someone was potentially. murdered and you're sad that she died. before you could probably essay her. Or saying things like, "She did good. dying. She wasn't adding to society.". All because her dances were a little bit. more provocative, or at least by their standards. Wow. Someone even commented. sarcastically, "Now you can dance like. that in heaven if you even make it.

there.". Some said, "She probably went to. Cambodia for some guy to buy her a. Rolex, so why should I be sad?". Where do you even get that? Literally, and okay, so what if she did? If you. were on the way to the store to buy a. Rolex and you're murdered, should I be. like, "Why should I be sad?". That's crazy. Like what kind of logic is. that? Someone commented, "Live a money-hungry. life and this is what you get. Other. gold diggers should learn from this. outcome." Again, just because she was. making money on social There is a thing,

I'm going to just say it, okay? There is. such a strong hatred for women who make. money on social media and some of that. money is made from their looks. There's like or their body. There is. like a deep-rooted hatred in some. people. Why? Do you also hate models and actors who. are probably only on screen because. they're visually appealing? Or do you praise them for being. celebrities and talented?

Like it's so crazy. In response to all of this, a close. friend of Ah-Yeong said, "This was the. kind of girl that had a hard time asking. for refunds.". She was timid. She was a very gentle. person and now everyone online is. accusing her of being this. gold digger, money-hungry like. because she earned a lot of money as a. live streamer? So now that's her whole personality is. money-hungry.

And because she earned a lot of money, now everyone needs to tie that money to. something illegal or suspicious. It's just not the case. Another friend said, "It is so upsetting. to see so many people spreading lies. about her. They don't know how badly. it's making the people that love her. feel. She died painfully and she doesn't. deserve more hate.". And what's so sad is while hateful. netizens were picking fights with. Ah-Yeong's defenders and just normal. people with souls, there was a small Cambodian grandma that.

laid out food in Cambodia for Ah-Yeong. A Cambodian tradition as well. Um it's a. thing Is it a thing in China? In Korea, you also lay out like. ancestral food to leave, you know, yeah. for the departed. And this grandma, who probably doesn't look on social. media for updates, she cried for Ah-Yeong. She didn't ask. all these questions. She didn't ask, "Well, why did Ah-Yeong come to. Cambodia?" She didn't ask, "Well, why.

did she go to that clinic? What was. Ah-Yeong's job before this?". She just cried about how sad it was to. lose such a young life. So there are still a lot of questions in. this case, more questions than answers. Another big one is, "Where's Ah-Yeong's. phone?" She was seen holding it while. walking into the clinic. It wasn't found. on her body in the construction site. So. where is it? Was there something. incriminating on her phone that the. police shouldn't have seen? Is that why it's no longer found?

Did someone do something to her phone? And I know that there's a lot of. different elements at play. Like we've. got, like I said, a Korean victim, two. accused Chinese killers, and it all. happened on Cambodian soil, and there's. just so much nuance to it. Like Cambodia. is working so hard for their tourism. economy, and then this thing takes. place. And there might have already been. different types of discrimination. amongst certain netizens towards. countries like Cambodia. So I wanted to. be as clear and as clear as possible.

This can happen literally anywhere, and. I don't think the actions of one or two. people, or even the country that it. takes place, has anything to do with. this type of senseless crime. So keep that in mind and let's be nice. in the comments. And please make sure to. stay safe, and I will see you guys on. Sunday for the mini sode. Bye.