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police suspect that a man in his 50s who was dissatisfied with the outcome of the trial went to the lawyer's office and started a fire.
It is said that it was a civil lawsuit over a debt relationship worth 800 million won, and for details, TBC reporter Han Hyun-ho covered it.
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arson suspect, a man in his 50s, set the fire to the office of lawyer B on the second floor of the building.
As a result of the reporters covering the link between the two, it was confirmed that they were the litigation agents of the plaintiff and the defendant who filed a civil lawsuit over a debt relationship worth 800 million won.
In 2014 and 2015, Mr. A paid about 530 million won to a housing project implementation company as an investment for the residential and commercial apartment construction project in Suseong-gu, Daegu.
However, he could not recover the investment, and he sued the company representative to pay 820 million won including the principal and delayed damages, but lost in the first trial and appealed.
It was Mr. B who acted as the representative of the company's representative in the first trial and the appeal trial.
A security guard at the apartment where A lives also testified that Mr. A suffered from debt.
[A's apartment security guard: I think we had a bit of an argument because we had a debt relationship.
That's why I moved here and tried to solve it.]
According to the court ruling, Mr. A claimed that the company representative abused his authority and did not intentionally repay the money, and Mr. B had been fighting, saying that there is no bond or debt relationship between the corporate representative and Mr. A.
Mr. A and Mr. B were due to meet at the appeal hearing next week.
The police said they were checking the exact facts when asked by reporters about the relationship between the motive of the crime and the debt relationship.
(Video coverage: Kim Tae-young TBC)