Yoo Som-na, 47, was arrested on May 28 at her Paris residence under an international arrest warrant issued in connection with the investigation into the ferry disaster that claimed around 300 lives, mostly schoolchildren.
She is a daughter of Yoo Byung-eun, the head of the family which controls Chonghaejin Marine Co., the company which owned and operated the Sewol ferry that capsized and sank on April 16 with 476 people on board.
Her father and his eldest son Yoo Dae-kyun are being hunted by Korean authorities.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye denounced fugitive members of the family as the "root cause" of the disaster. The government has offered a half-million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the father and $100,000 for the son.
By Ruchi Singh
reporter
Park Sae-jin
swatchsjp@ajunews.com
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