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☆ Scion of Family Tied to 2014 Ferry Disaster Is Being Extradited to South Korea
  + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( John Yoon | More About John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A businessman whose family’s company operated a ferry that sank off South Korea in 2014, killing more than 300 people, will be flown to that country from the United States to face embezzlement charges, officials said on Thursday, after years of requests from Korean prosecutors. The businessman, Yoo Hyuk-kee, 50, also known as Keith Yoo, is expected to arrive in South Korea, where he faces trial on seven counts of embezzlement, on Friday. South Korea’s Justice Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Mr. Yoo would arrive at Incheon International Airport on Friday at 5:20 a.m. local time. A company controlled by Mr. Yoo’s family, the Chonghaejin Marine Company, operated the Sewol ferry, which capsized off the southwestern coast of South Korea in April 2014. Most of those who died were teenagers on a school trip, and the disaster traumatized the country.
Persons: Yoo Hyuk, Keith Yoo, Yoo, Yoo’s Organizations: Korea’s Justice, International Airport, Chonghaejin Marine Company Locations: South Korea, United States, New York State
☆ U.S. Supreme Court's Sotomayor won't block extradition linked to S. Korea ferry sinking
  + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Nate Raymond | Thomson Reuters | Nate Raymond Reports On The Federal Judiciary | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday rejected a bid by a businessman to block his extradition to South Korea to face embezzlement charges that stemmed from a 2014 ferry sinking that killed 304 people. He also is known as Keith Yoo. Sotomayor is the justice assigned to review emergency appeals from a group of states that include New York, where Yoo's extradition case had been pending. "We are disappointed the Supreme Court denied our motion to stay Keith Yoo's extradition pending resolution of his appeal," his lawyer Shawn Naunton said in a statement. Yoo's lawyers had argued that the U.S. State Department - not judges - should decide whether South Korea waited too long to seek Yoo's extradition under its 1998 treaty with the United States.
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