Woman Lives With Her Mother's Dead Body For 2 Years To Keep Receiving Her Pension
The daughter allegedly received up to RM59,000 over the past two years from her late mother's pension.
A woman in South Korea was arrested for keeping the body of her mother for over two years so that she could continue receiving her social security benefits
The 47-year-old woman was seen appearing at the Incheon District Court last Friday, 13 January.
According to The Korean Herald, the police are seeking charges of concealing and possessing a corpse, an offence that can be punished by up to seven years in jail in the country.
The discovery of the body comes after the welfare authorities grew suspicious, as they could not reach the late mother for the past two years
According to the National Pension Service (NPS), the late mother also "had no medical records over the past two years" while receiving pension benefits.
It is alleged that the 47-year-old daughter hid her mother's skeletal remains and covered them with a blanket at her house in a low-rise apartment building in Incheon, reported The Korean Herald.
The suspect, who is unemployed, is said to have received up to KRW17 million (about RM59,000) over the past two years and four months from her mother's pension, which paid out about KRW600,000 (RM2,096) a month.
She reportedly used the money to make ends meet. She was afraid that she would fall into poverty if she registered her mother's death.
When interrogated, the woman remained quiet when asked why and when her mother died, reported Korean Posts.
However, she responded, "It is correct that I wrote it," when she was questioned about a memo found in the house, which read, "My mother died in August 2020".
Image via The Korean Herald
The late mother had six children, all of whom, except the suspect, had broken off contact with her after their father died in 1995
The late pensioner was one of some 67,000 people suspicious of wrongfully receiving pension payments.
NPS said that the welfare officials reached out to one of the siblings to check her mother's eligibility as a recipient, but the sibling called the police in the middle of the process.
As per The Korean Herald, an autopsy report ruled out foul play, but added that it could not determine the cause of her death.
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