Guest World News Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 [attach=full]13014[/attach]Thousands of South Korean police forced their way into the compound of a splinter Christian group Wednesday in their search for a fugitive businessman wanted over April's ferry disaster. Live television reports showed police officers, some in full riot gear, streaming into the sprawling church and farming complex at around 8:00 am (0000 GMT) in Anseong, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Seoul. The huge operation came a day after President Park Geun-Hye urged police and prosecutors to step up a nationwide manhunt for Yoo Byung-Eun, 72, a leading member of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea. Yoo is the patriarch of the family behind the Chonghaejin Marine Co. -- the company that owned and operated the 6,825-tonne Sewol passenger ferry which sank on April 16 with the loss of 300 lives, most of them schoolchildren. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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