Police enter church retreat to arrest Sewol owner's aides
Social affairsJun 11, 2014
Police entered a church retreat Wednesday to find and detain two church followers who are suspected of helping the fugitive owner of the sunken ferry Sewol evade a massive manhunt.A group of some 4,000 police officers, armed with court-issued warrants, entered the sprawling religious compound belonging to the Evangelical Baptist Church, in Anseong, just south of Seoul, around 8 a.m. Investigators suspect that the two female followers assisted Yoo Byung-eun, who is believed to own Chonghaejin Ma