The body of Yoo Byung-eun, the 73-year-old owner of the sunken ferry Sewol, is being moved into an ambulance in Suncheon City, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, 22 July 2014. - EPA
SEOUL, July 22, 2014 (AFP) - South Korean police said Tuesday they had found the body of fugitive business tycoon Yoo Byung-Eun, the target of a months-long manhunt connected to April's Sewol ferry disaster that claimed around 300 lives.
The heavily decomposed corpse of the 73-year-old Yoo was discovered on June 12 lying on the ground in a plum orchard in Suncheon, a city 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of Seoul.
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