South Korea ferry fugitive hid behind cabin wall, bags of cash at hand

[davidpdx]

Last edited Thu Jul 24, 2014, 03:50 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: Reuters

SUNCHEON/INCHEON South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea's most wanted man, whose heavily decomposed body was found in an orchard last month, had evaded arrest by hiding behind an upstairs wall of a wooden cabin, with suitcases of cash at hand, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

The body of Yoo Byung-un, 73, wanted in connection with the sinking of a ferry in April, was only identified this week, more than a month after he was found lying next to a copy of a book he had written, empty bottles of alcohol nearby, ending the country's biggest and most dramatic manhunt.

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On June 12, the same day farmer Park Yoon-seok found Yoo's body in his plum orchard, thousands of police and prosecutors were busy raiding Yoo's sprawling religious compound 215 km away, going as far as searching for tunnels with mechanical diggers.

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When they returned last month, acting on testimony given by an assistant, police found two suitcases that between them contained 830 million won ($810,800) and $160,000, tagged with numbers 4 and 5, prosecutors said, suggesting more cash may have been stashed elsewhere.

It was not clear how, or when, the health-obsessed Yoo traveled the two kilometers to where his body was found nearly three weeks later between orchard saplings, clad in an expensive winter coat and beside a bag containing the alcohol bottles, a change of clothes and a pack of plums.



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This guy was a loon. Good riddance!

($1 = 1,028)

[rpannier]

1. He probably was banking on what all Chaebol do

That the system would protect him.
When it didn't he probably didn't know what to do and we'll probably find poisoned himself

[herding cats]

2. Found in a plum orchard with a bottle of shark-liver-oil health tonic

Bottles of hooch, a change of clothes, a pack of plums and a book he'd authored 14 years ago while in prison for fraud.

Hollywood couldn't have imagined a more obscure situation for his demise. No wonder it took them so long to find him!

[davidpdx]

5. I'm sure his cult (I mean church) will have a script out in no time making him look like a savior

[indivisibleman]

3. He must have been plum out of ideas for places to hide.

[mark67]

4. Nice to see some good old fashioned Hamurabi justice...

If this happened to a rich guy in America they would have given him an apology and a tax break.

[Cha]

6. Wow.. what a cowardly ending to such a tragedy.. starting with the Ferry sinking and all those

poor people drowning.

I can see why there might be skepticism..

Why South Koreans are skeptical over mysterious death of fugitive ferry owner (+video)

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"Korean internet users questioned how authorities could have taken some six weeks to realize they had found Yoo, a religious figure, artist, and businessman whose face was on wanted posters plastered across the country for months. They noted that the 73-year-old Yoo was a teetotaler according to his church, but his body was reportedly found surrounded by bottles of alcohol. Some even speculated that Yoo is alive and still on the run."

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2014/0723/Why-South-Koreans-are-skeptical-over-mysterious-death-of-fugitive-ferry-owner-video

thank you for the article, david

[lunasun]

7. hey i still wonder about Kenneth Lay so I understand the doubt there