Prosecutors seek death penalty for Korea ferry disaster captain

GWANGJU: South Korean prosecutors on Monday (Oct 27) demanded the death penalty for the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank in April, saying he had abandoned the more than 300 people who died in the disaster. They also sought life sentences for three senior crew members as the trial of Captain Lee Joon-seok and 14 Sewol crew wound up in the southern city of Gwangju.

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