The worth of the remains

The worth of the remains

SEOUL (Reuters): South Korean police said they arrested a man
who later confessed to stealing the remains of the late father of
the Lotte Group chairman and ransoming them for about $650,000.

The suspect, identified only as "Lim", was arrested in the
city of Taejon, about 120 km (75 miles) south of Seoul.

"We arrested Lim as a suspect and he has confessed to the
crime," said a Taejon police spokesman. "We also found part of
the remains dug up from the grave on the roof of an electronic
game parlor run by the suspect," he said.

Lim and two accomplices were believed to have dug up the
remains on Wednesday, the police said.

They said the thieves telephoned the office of Lotte Chairman
Shin Kyuk-ho last Thursday and told him to check on his father's
grave in Ulsan, about 230 km southeast of Seoul.

Lotte Group is a major confectionery maker which also operates
hotels and department stores.