A deputy editor of major publisher Kodansha Ltd. who has been arrested on suspicion of killing his 38-year-old wife last August may have disguised the murder to make it look like a suicide, investigative sources said Wednesday.
The suspect, 41-year-old Pak Jung-hyun, who was arrested Tuesday, has denied committing murder but has made inconsistent statements, the sources said.
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