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All sunken ferry crew in S. Korean custody

Saturday, 26 April 2014


All surviving crew members of a sunken South Korean ferry were in custody and under arrest Saturday, prosecutors said, as bad weather prevented the recovery of any of the more-than 100 bodies still missing. The Sewol's captain, Lee Joon-Seok, and 10 crew members had already been arrested on charges ranging from criminal negligence to abandoning passengers. The remaining four were arrested late Saturday after warrants were issued, prosecutors said. The confirmed death toll from the tragedy stood Saturday at 187, with 115 unaccounted for -- many bodies are believed trapped in the ferry that capsized on April 16 on a routine voyage to southern Jindo island with 476 people on board, according to AFP.