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Teenager charged with murder of South Korean woman in Brisbane park Brisbane teenager in court charged with murder of South Korean woman
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Police have charged a 19-year-old man with the murder of a young South Korean woman in a Brisbane park. A teenager has faced court over the murder of a young South Korean woman who was attacked while walking to work in Brisbane's CBD.
The Spring Hill man will face the Brisbane magistrates court on Tuesday as the parents of the murdered 22-year-old woman arrive in the city to claim her body. Alex Reunen McEwan, 19, appeared in the Brisbane magistrates court on Tuesday as the parents of the slain woman, Eunji Ban, were expected to arrive in the city.
Media reports have named the woman as Eunji Ban, who arrived in Queensland last month. Dressed in prison garb and with his head turned away from the media, McEwan sat quietly in the dock as he faced the murder charge. No plea was entered.
Just a few short weeks ago her parents were saying farewell to her as she headed to Australia for an extended period. Police were granted a forensic procedure order before the case was adjourned.
Floral and other tributes have been left for the young woman at Wickham Park, where her battered body was found by a passer-by early on Sunday morning. McEwan, of Spring Hill in inner-city Brisbane, was remanded in custody and is due to reappear in court on 16 December.
Ban was attacked as she walked from her Roma Street parklands apartment to her cleaning job in Brisbane's CBD in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The 22-year-old, who had been in Australia only six weeks, died after sustaining serious head injuries.
A passer-by found her body next to the stairs at the southern boundary of Wickham Park, off Albert Street, about 3.30am local time on Sunday.
Ban's parents were due to arrive in Brisbane on Tuesday to claim her body, just weeks after bidding her farewell as she headed to Australia for an extended stay.
They are too distraught to speak about their daughter's death and have requested the media respect their privacy.
Floral and other tributes have been left at the park where Ban's body was found.
The crime has caused anxiety among other South Korean visitors to Brisbane.The crime has caused anxiety among other South Korean visitors to Brisbane.
A fellow national who lives in the same apartment building where Ban had been staying said her family and friends were worried about her.A fellow national who lives in the same apartment building where Ban had been staying said her family and friends were worried about her.
"I've got 100 messages from other friends [saying] that I have to worry about everything, that I have to be careful," the woman told ABC radio."I've got 100 messages from other friends [saying] that I have to worry about everything, that I have to be careful," the woman told ABC radio.
Ban’s family has asked for privacy in Brisbane and in their homeland as they deal with their daughter's death. They will not be speaking to the media in Brisbane.
"The family thanks the media and the public for their assistance during the investigation," police said in a statement on their behalf.
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