Eunji Ban had been in the country for only six weeks.
Eunji Ban had been in the country for only six weeks.
A teenager faces a murder charge after a young South Korean woman was brutally attacked while walking to work in Brisbane's CBD.
Alex Reuben McEwan, 19, entered no plea when he appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday as the parents of the slain woman, Eunji Ban, were expected toarrive in the city.
McEwan, of Spring Hill in inner-city Brisbane, was remanded in custody and is due to reappear in court on December 16.
Ban was attacked as she walked from her Roma St parklands apartment to her cleaning job in Brisbane's CBD in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The 22-year-old, who'd been in Australia for only six weeks, died after suffering serious head injuries.
A passer-by found her battered body next to the stairs at the southern boundary of Wickham Park, off Albert St, at about 4.30am local time.
Ban's parents were due to arrive in Brisbane 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 for Ban at the park where her body was found.
A Filipina woman, who did not want to be named, cried as she placed white roses on the steps. "I come from another country and it would've been hard for her. She didn't know anyone," she sobbed. "Then she was killed. It's awful."
A note with a bunch of white and peach gerberas read: "We are sorry you lost your beautiful daughter in our country. As parents ourselves we can only imagine your grief."
The crime has caused anxiety among other South Korean visitors in Brisbane. A fellow national who lives in the same apartment building where Ban had been staying says her own family and friends are worried about her. AAP
