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'''Yoo Byung-eun''' ({{Korean|hangul=[[wikt:유|유]][[wikt:병|병]][[wikt:언|언]]|hanja=[[wikt:兪|兪]][[wikt:炳|炳]][[wikt:彦|彦]]|rr=Yu Byeong-eon}}; born 11 February 1941) is a [[South Korea]]n religious leader, businessman, and inventor, who as a [[photographer]] is known under the [[pseudonym]] '''Ahae'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/korean-photographer-ahae-and-ahae-press-express-profound-sadness-to-sewol-ferry-victims-and-condolences-to-the-families-of-those-lost-and-injured-256763321.html |title=Korean photographer AHAE and Ahae Press express profound sadness to Sewol ferry victims and condolences to the families of those lost and injured |agency=PR Newswire |date=25 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> Due to his reclusiveness, he is known as "the millionaire with no face."<ref name="pearson1">{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Michael|title=Millionaire tied to S. Korean ferry probe|url=http://www.news4jax.com/news/Millionaire-tied-to-S-Korean-ferry-probe/25638344|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=News4 Jax|date=24 April 2014}}</ref>
'''Yoo Byung-eun''' ({{Korean|hangul=[[wikt:유|유]][[wikt:병|병]][[wikt:언|언]]|hanja=[[wikt:兪|兪]][[wikt:炳|炳]][[wikt:彦|彦]]|rr=Yu Byeong-eon}}; born 11 February 1941) is a [[South Korea]]n religious leader, businessman, and inventor, who as a [[photographer]] is known under the [[pseudonym]] '''Ahae'''.<ref name=ahaepressrelease20140425>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/korean-photographer-ahae-and-ahae-press-express-profound-sadness-to-sewol-ferry-victims-and-condolences-to-the-families-of-those-lost-and-injured-256763321.html |title=Korean photographer AHAE and Ahae Press express profound sadness to Sewol ferry victims and condolences to the families of those lost and injured |agency=PR Newswire |date=25 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> Due to his reclusiveness, he is known as "the millionaire with no face."<ref name="pearson1">{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Michael|title=Millionaire tied to S. Korean ferry probe|url=http://www.news4jax.com/news/Millionaire-tied-to-S-Korean-ferry-probe/25638344|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=News4 Jax|date=24 April 2014}}</ref>


Believed to be the ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the company operating the ferry {{abbr |MV|Motor Vessel}} ''Sewol'' that [[Sinking of the MV Sewol|sank on 16 April]], Yoo has gone into hiding and is "Korea's most-wanted fugitive," after the [[Incheon]] District Court issued an arrest warrant on 22 May 2014. Korean authorities offered a {{SK won|50,000,000|link=yes}} ($48,800) reward for information leading to the arrest of Yoo.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Hyo-sik|title=Arrest warrant issued for Yoo|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/05/116_157690.html|accessdate=22 May 2014|newspaper=The Korea Times|date=22 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press |url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/reward-offered-manhunt-missing-ferry-owner-23838763?singlePage=true |title=Reward Offered for Missing South Korea Ferry Owner - ABC News |publisher=ABC News |date=23 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> On 25 May, the reward was raised tenfold to {{SK won|500,000,000|link=no}} ($488,000).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/05/116_157846.html |title=Cat-and-mouse game continues for Yoo clan |work=The Korea Times |date=24 May 2012 |accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Lee Hyo-sik|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140525000430|title=Reward for Yoo raised 10-fold|work=The Korea Times|date=25 May 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref>
Believed to be the ''[[de facto]]'' leader of the company operating the ferry {{abbr |MV|Motor Vessel}} ''Sewol'' that [[Sinking of the MV Sewol|sank on 16 April]], Yoo has gone into hiding and is "Korea's most-wanted fugitive," after the [[Incheon]] District Court issued an arrest warrant on 22 May 2014. Korean authorities offered a {{SK won|50,000,000|link=yes}} ($48,800) reward for information leading to the arrest of Yoo.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Hyo-sik|title=Arrest warrant issued for Yoo|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/05/116_157690.html|accessdate=22 May 2014|newspaper=The Korea Times|date=22 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press |url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/reward-offered-manhunt-missing-ferry-owner-23838763?singlePage=true |title=Reward Offered for Missing South Korea Ferry Owner - ABC News |publisher=ABC News |date=23 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> On 25 May, the reward was raised tenfold to {{SK won|500,000,000|link=no}} ($488,000).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/05/116_157846.html |title=Cat-and-mouse game continues for Yoo clan |work=The Korea Times |date=24 May 2012 |accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Lee Hyo-sik|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140525000430|title=Reward for Yoo raised 10-fold|work=The Korea Times|date=25 May 2014|accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref>
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Yoo was born in [[Kyoto]], Japan to Korean parents on 11 February 1941.<ref>{{cite book |title=現代宗教|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FoE4AAAAIAAJ |accessdate=23 May 2014 |year=1985 |publisher=現代宗敎社 |language=Korean |page=CCCXIII |quote=녀중 차 남 유병 엔 ( 1941 년 2 윌 11 일생 )}}</ref> The family moved back to Korea following the [[Gwangbokjeol|liberation]] from [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese colonial rule]] in August 1945 and settled in [[Daegu]] where Yoo graduated from [[Seonggwang High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sisapress.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=58353 |title=인재의 힘으로 앞서거니 뒤서거니 - 시사저널 |publisher=Sisapress.com |language=Korean |date=18 July 2012 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref>
Yoo was born in [[Kyoto]], Japan to Korean parents on 11 February 1941.<ref>{{cite book |title=現代宗教|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FoE4AAAAIAAJ |accessdate=23 May 2014 |year=1985 |publisher=現代宗敎社 |language=Korean |page=CCCXIII |quote=녀중 차 남 유병 엔 ( 1941 년 2 윌 11 일생 )}}</ref> The family moved back to Korea following the [[Gwangbokjeol|liberation]] from [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese colonial rule]] in August 1945 and settled in [[Daegu]] where Yoo graduated from [[Seonggwang High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sisapress.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=58353 |title=인재의 힘으로 앞서거니 뒤서거니 - 시사저널 |publisher=Sisapress.com |language=Korean |date=18 July 2012 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref>


According to U.S.-based Evangelical Media Group ({{URL|www.god.com}}) created by Yoo in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.segye.com/content/html/2014/05/08/20140508005178.html |title=유병언 차남 美서 후계작업…계열사 몰아줘 - 세상을 보는 눈, 글로벌 미디어 - 세계닷컴 |publisher=Segye.com |language=Korean |date=8 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> "he first began to live for the sake of [[the gospel]] in 1961," and that he "worked as an inventor and businessman to support the spreading of the gospel all over the world".<ref>{{cite news|last=Chance |first=David |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/us-korea-ship-founder-insight-idUSBREA3N1AA20140424 |title=From God.com to photography, Korea ferry founder has diverse interests |agency=Reuters |date=24 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> Yoo was one of 11 students admitted to the Good News Mission [[Bible college|Bible school]] established in Korea by American and English missionaries, but he was expelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goodnewsmission.net/?p=632 |title=4. Formative Years of Good News Mission (2) |publisher=Good News Mission |date=7 June 2012 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> He founded [[Korean Evangelical Baptist Church|Evangelical Baptist Church]] ({{Korean|hangul=기독교복음침례회|hanja=|rr=}}), also known as the Salvation Sect ([[:ko:구원파|ko]]),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kukmindaily.co.kr/article/view.asp?page=&gCode=7111&arcid=0008292344&code=71111101 |work=The Kukmin Daily |title=It is not true that the Sewol's captain is unrelated to the Salvation Sect.|date=3 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> in 1962 with his father-in-law, Pastor Kwon Shin-chan (권신찬; 1923{{ndash}}96).<ref>{{cite news|author=Ju-min Park |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/us-southkorea-ferry-idUSBREA4K03M20140521 |title=South Korean sect submits to search for founder linked to doomed ferry |agency=Reuters |date=21 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hdjongkyo.co.kr/html/sup01_1.html?Hid=8&Hpopage=1&Hponowblock=1&Hponumperpage=&Hpogroups=&Hposelect=&Hposearch |title=///현대종교/// |publisher=Hdjongkyo.co.kr |language=Korean |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> The church was held to be a cult by the conservative [[Christian denomination]], the General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches, in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/04/113_156136.html |title='Salvation sect' suspected of backing Yoo's business |work=The Korea Times |date=26 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref>
According to U.S.-based Evangelical Media Group ({{URL|www.god.com}}) created by Yoo in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.segye.com/content/html/2014/05/08/20140508005178.html |title=유병언 차남 美서 후계작업…계열사 몰아줘 - 세상을 보는 눈, 글로벌 미디어 - 세계닷컴 |publisher=Segye.com |language=Korean |date=8 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> "he first began to live for the sake of [[the gospel]] in 1961," and that he "worked as an inventor and businessman to support the spreading of the gospel all over the world".<ref name=fromgod>{{cite news|last=Chance |first=David |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/us-korea-ship-founder-insight-idUSBREA3N1AA20140424 |title=From God.com to photography, Korea ferry founder has diverse interests |agency=Reuters |date=24 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> Yoo was one of 11 students admitted to the Good News Mission [[Bible college|Bible school]] established in Korea by American and English missionaries, but he was expelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goodnewsmission.net/?p=632 |title=4. Formative Years of Good News Mission (2) |publisher=Good News Mission |date=7 June 2012 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> He founded [[Korean Evangelical Baptist Church|Evangelical Baptist Church]] ({{Korean|hangul=기독교복음침례회|hanja=|rr=}}), also known as the Salvation Sect ([[:ko:구원파|ko]]),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kukmindaily.co.kr/article/view.asp?page=&gCode=7111&arcid=0008292344&code=71111101 |work=The Kukmin Daily |title=It is not true that the Sewol's captain is unrelated to the Salvation Sect.|date=3 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> in 1962 with his father-in-law, Pastor Kwon Shin-chan (권신찬; 1923{{ndash}}96).<ref>{{cite news|author=Ju-min Park |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/us-southkorea-ferry-idUSBREA4K03M20140521 |title=South Korean sect submits to search for founder linked to doomed ferry |agency=Reuters |date=21 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hdjongkyo.co.kr/html/sup01_1.html?Hid=8&Hpopage=1&Hponowblock=1&Hponumperpage=&Hpogroups=&Hposelect=&Hposearch |title=///현대종교/// |publisher=Hdjongkyo.co.kr |language=Korean |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> The church was held to be a cult by the conservative [[Christian denomination]], the General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches, in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/04/113_156136.html |title='Salvation sect' suspected of backing Yoo's business |work=The Korea Times |date=26 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref>


Yoo came to public attention in connection with the 1987 Odaeyang [[mass suicide]] ([[:ko:오대양 집단 자살 사건|ko]]). Police were investigating accusations against a 48-year-old woman, Park Soon-ja, saying that she had swindled {{SK won|8.9|link=yes}} billion ($8.7 million) from about 220 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1987/33-Bodies-Found-In-Attic-After-Apparent-Murder-Suicide-Pact/id-ad93eedacb89524018ecbec4a1cf9f5c |title=33 Bodies Found In Attic After Apparent Murder-Suicide Pact |publisher=Apnewsarchive.com |date=29 August 1987 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Asiaweek|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=D_wMAQAAMAAJ|date=September 1987|publisher=Asiaweek Limited|quote=...when thirteen employees of Park's Odaeyang Trading Co. were arrested for assaulting three creditors who demanded repayment of more than $600,000. When police brought Park in for questioning about $13.7 million in unpaid loans, she fell ill and was taken to hospital.}}</ref> Her company Odaeyang Trading Co. was a firm that fronted for a religious [[sect]] led by Park, which was a [[splinter group]] from Yoo's Evangelical Baptist Church.<ref>{{cite news|work=Asia Times |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/KOR-01-220514.html |title=The many masks of Yoo Byung-eun |date=22 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> Thirty-two members of the sect who believed in doomsday, including Park Soon-ja and her three children, were found dead, bound and gagged.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/30/world/32-people-found-dead-in-south-korean-plant.html |title=32 People Found Dead In South Korean Plant - New York Times |location=South Korea; Yongin (South Korea) |work=The New York Times |date=30 August 1987 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Korea Annual|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dCYIAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Hapdong News Agency|page=53|quote=The body of Park Sun-ja, head of Odaeyang Trading Co. and 32 other bodies were found by her husband, Lee Ki-jong, 53, on the ceiling ... brainwashed by the self-imposed woman cult leader, were persuaded to commit suicide by voluntarily taking toxicant before she took her own life.}}</ref> Police assumed the event was a [[murder–suicide]] pact, and the prosecution initially suspected that Yoo was linked to the case;<ref>{{cite news|author=Hong Gil-dong |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140521001559 |title=[Ferry Disaster] Ferry owner’s hideout raided |work=The Korea Herald |date=21 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2014/04/24/15/0200000000AEN20140424005500315F.html |title=Prosecution looks into cult in ferry accident probe |publisher=English.yonhapnews.co.kr |date=24 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> but he was never charged, and the police concluded it was a mass suicide.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jun|first=Kwanwoo|title=Patriarch of Family That Controls Ferry Operator Ends Silence|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304393704579529423901586230|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=28 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Authorities search ferry owner’s offices as probe widens in South Korea|url=http://kwgn.com/2014/04/23/authorities-search-ferry-owners-offices-as-probe-widens-in-south-korea/|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=KWGN - CNN|date=23 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=오대양사건, 유병언 세모 회장과 어떤 관계?…檢 유병언 일가 집중 수사|url=http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20140424500079|accessdate=20 May 2014|newspaper=Seoul News|date=24 April 2014|language=Korean|trans_title=The Odaeyang Incident, What does it have to do with Yoo, the former president of Semo Co. --The Prosecutors are investigating}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Yoo family gets away|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/05/116_157651.html|accessdate=21 May 2014|newspaper=The Korea Times|date=21 May 2014}}</ref> When the case was re-opened in 1991, investigation into Odaeyang Trading Co. revealed, that the bulk part of {{SK won|17|link=no}} billion (~$17 million) in private loans had been funneled into the company Semo Corp. run by Yoo.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/04/511_156055.html |title=Infidel Sewol captain and sailors devout Guwon faithfuls |work=The Korea Times |date=24 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Korea Newsreview|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=O3O6AAAAIAAJ|series=27-52|volume=20|year=1991|publisher=Korea Herald, Incorporated|page=9|quote=The prosecution, investigating the mysterious mass deaths of Odaeyang cult followers, is seeking a former female secretary of Semo Co. President Yoo Byung-eun, hoping she could give clues ... The prosecution alleged that Song served as a medium in the transfer of Odaeyang money to Semo Co. ... Park said he had obtained evidence that Yoo, known as de facto leader of Kuwonpa or Salvation sect, was involved in the incident, and that Kuwonpa staffers had financial transactions with Odaeyang president Park Sun-ja and other officials ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sisapress.com/news/quickViewArticleView.html?idxno=31705 |title=시사저널 |publisher=Sisapress.com |date=8 August 1991 |accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref> Yoo was arrested and, in 1992, convicted of "habitual fraud under the mask of religion" for his role in colluding with one of his employees to collect donations from church members in the amount of 1.2 billion won ($1.15 million) and invest them in his businesses. He served a 4-year prison term.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2014/04/25/38/0503000000AEN20140425002600320F.html |title=Watchdog widens probe in all affiliates of Sewol operator |publisher=English.yonhapnews.co.kr |date=25 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=HYUNG-JIN KIM |url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/reward-offered-manhunt-missing-ferry-owner-23838763?singlePage=true |title=Reward Offered for Missing South Korea Ferry Owner - ABC News |publisher=ABC News |date=23 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/article/4253/sunken-ferry-owner%E2%80%99s-malpractice-chonghaejin-marine-company-under-suspicion-offshore |title=Sunken Ferry Owner’s Malpractice: Chonghaejin Marine Company under Suspicion of Offshore Tax Evasion |publisher=BusinessKorea |date=23 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=MI-YOUNG KIM and HYUN-JOO JIN |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/22/uk-korea-ship-company-idUKBREA3L0TS20140422 |title=Company that owned ill-fated South Korea ferry has chequered past |agency=Reuters |date=22 April 2014 |accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Asiaweek|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BxtBAQAAIAAJ|series=27-51|volume=17|year=1991|publisher=Asiaweek Limited|quote=ARRESTED: Yoo Byung Eun, 50, leader of a South Korean religious sect and president of Semo, a trading company; on fraud charges; in Taejon Aug. 1. Known as "Jesus" to members of the Evangelical Baptist Church, also called the Kuwonpa (Salvation) sect, Yoo is accused of swindling $1.5 million from 34 people between 1982 and 1986. Last month ten sect members confessed they had killed three colleagues whom police had wanted in connection with the deaths of 32 people.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2989684 |title=Sects, money and tragedy have history in Korea-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily |publisher=Koreajoongangdaily.joins.com |date=26 May 2014 |accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>
Yoo came to public attention in connection with the 1987 Odaeyang [[mass suicide]] ([[:ko:오대양 집단 자살 사건|ko]]). Police were investigating accusations against a 48-year-old woman, Park Soon-ja, saying that she had swindled {{SK won|8.9|link=yes}} billion ($8.7 million) from about 220 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1987/33-Bodies-Found-In-Attic-After-Apparent-Murder-Suicide-Pact/id-ad93eedacb89524018ecbec4a1cf9f5c |title=33 Bodies Found In Attic After Apparent Murder-Suicide Pact |publisher=Apnewsarchive.com |date=29 August 1987 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Asiaweek|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=D_wMAQAAMAAJ|date=September 1987|publisher=Asiaweek Limited|quote=...when thirteen employees of Park's Odaeyang Trading Co. were arrested for assaulting three creditors who demanded repayment of more than $600,000. When police brought Park in for questioning about $13.7 million in unpaid loans, she fell ill and was taken to hospital.}}</ref> Her company Odaeyang Trading Co. was a firm that fronted for a religious [[sect]] led by Park, which was a [[splinter group]] from Yoo's Evangelical Baptist Church.<ref>{{cite news|work=Asia Times |url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/KOR-01-220514.html |title=The many masks of Yoo Byung-eun |date=22 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> Thirty-two members of the sect who believed in doomsday, including Park Soon-ja and her three children, were found dead, bound and gagged.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/30/world/32-people-found-dead-in-south-korean-plant.html |title=32 People Found Dead In South Korean Plant - New York Times |location=South Korea; Yongin (South Korea) |work=The New York Times |date=30 August 1987 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Korea Annual|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dCYIAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Hapdong News Agency|page=53|quote=The body of Park Sun-ja, head of Odaeyang Trading Co. and 32 other bodies were found by her husband, Lee Ki-jong, 53, on the ceiling ... brainwashed by the self-imposed woman cult leader, were persuaded to commit suicide by voluntarily taking toxicant before she took her own life.}}</ref> Police assumed the event was a [[murder–suicide]] pact, and the prosecution initially suspected that Yoo was linked to the case;<ref>{{cite news|author=Hong Gil-dong |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140521001559 |title=[Ferry Disaster] Ferry owner’s hideout raided |work=The Korea Herald |date=21 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2014/04/24/15/0200000000AEN20140424005500315F.html |title=Prosecution looks into cult in ferry accident probe |publisher=English.yonhapnews.co.kr |date=24 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> but he was never charged, and the police concluded it was a mass suicide.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jun|first=Kwanwoo|title=Patriarch of Family That Controls Ferry Operator Ends Silence|url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304393704579529423901586230|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=28 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Authorities search ferry owner’s offices as probe widens in South Korea|url=http://kwgn.com/2014/04/23/authorities-search-ferry-owners-offices-as-probe-widens-in-south-korea/|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=KWGN - CNN|date=23 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=오대양사건, 유병언 세모 회장과 어떤 관계?…檢 유병언 일가 집중 수사|url=http://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20140424500079|accessdate=20 May 2014|newspaper=Seoul News|date=24 April 2014|language=Korean|trans_title=The Odaeyang Incident, What does it have to do with Yoo, the former president of Semo Co. --The Prosecutors are investigating}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Yoo family gets away|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/05/116_157651.html|accessdate=21 May 2014|newspaper=The Korea Times|date=21 May 2014}}</ref> When the case was re-opened in 1991, investigation into Odaeyang Trading Co. revealed, that the bulk part of {{SK won|17|link=no}} billion (~$17 million) in private loans had been funneled into the company Semo Corp. run by Yoo.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/04/511_156055.html |title=Infidel Sewol captain and sailors devout Guwon faithfuls |work=The Korea Times |date=24 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Korea Newsreview|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=O3O6AAAAIAAJ|series=27-52|volume=20|year=1991|publisher=Korea Herald, Incorporated|page=9|quote=The prosecution, investigating the mysterious mass deaths of Odaeyang cult followers, is seeking a former female secretary of Semo Co. President Yoo Byung-eun, hoping she could give clues ... The prosecution alleged that Song served as a medium in the transfer of Odaeyang money to Semo Co. ... Park said he had obtained evidence that Yoo, known as de facto leader of Kuwonpa or Salvation sect, was involved in the incident, and that Kuwonpa staffers had financial transactions with Odaeyang president Park Sun-ja and other officials ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sisapress.com/news/quickViewArticleView.html?idxno=31705 |title=시사저널 |publisher=Sisapress.com |date=8 August 1991 |accessdate=25 May 2014}}</ref> Yoo was arrested and, in 1992, convicted of "habitual fraud under the mask of religion" for his role in colluding with one of his employees to collect donations from church members in the amount of 1.2 billion won ($1.15 million) and invest them in his businesses. He served a 4-year prison term.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2014/04/25/38/0503000000AEN20140425002600320F.html |title=Watchdog widens probe in all affiliates of Sewol operator |publisher=English.yonhapnews.co.kr |date=25 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=HYUNG-JIN KIM |url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/reward-offered-manhunt-missing-ferry-owner-23838763?singlePage=true |title=Reward Offered for Missing South Korea Ferry Owner - ABC News |publisher=ABC News |date=23 May 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/article/4253/sunken-ferry-owner%E2%80%99s-malpractice-chonghaejin-marine-company-under-suspicion-offshore |title=Sunken Ferry Owner’s Malpractice: Chonghaejin Marine Company under Suspicion of Offshore Tax Evasion |publisher=BusinessKorea |date=23 April 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=MI-YOUNG KIM and HYUN-JOO JIN |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/22/uk-korea-ship-company-idUKBREA3L0TS20140422 |title=Company that owned ill-fated South Korea ferry has chequered past |agency=Reuters |date=22 April 2014 |accessdate=26 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Asiaweek|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BxtBAQAAIAAJ|series=27-51|volume=17|year=1991|publisher=Asiaweek Limited|quote=ARRESTED: Yoo Byung Eun, 50, leader of a South Korean religious sect and president of Semo, a trading company; on fraud charges; in Taejon Aug. 1. Known as "Jesus" to members of the Evangelical Baptist Church, also called the Kuwonpa (Salvation) sect, Yoo is accused of swindling $1.5 million from 34 people between 1982 and 1986. Last month ten sect members confessed they had killed three colleagues whom police had wanted in connection with the deaths of 32 people.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2989684 |title=Sects, money and tragedy have history in Korea-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily |publisher=Koreajoongangdaily.joins.com |date=26 May 2014 |accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>
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Yoo has widely been described as "the owner of" or "the ''de facto'' owner of" the sunken ferry ''Sewol'', and is former chairman of Chonghaejin Marine.<ref>http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2988141</ref><ref name=fromgod /> Son Byong-ki, Yoo's lawyer, stated on 25 April, that Yoo "has no financial ties to Chonghaejin or its subsidiaries."<ref>http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/04/25/2014042501240.html</ref> A press release from Yoo's U.S. [[publicist]], Ahae Press Inc., stated that "[Mr. Yoo] does not own any shares, direct or indirect, of Chonghaejin."<ref name=ahaepressrelease20140425 /> Financial filings confirms that Yoo has no stake in the shipping company.<ref name=fromgod />
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Yoo has widely been described as the owner of or the ''de facto'' owner of the sunken ferry ''Sewol''. Yoo is the head of the family who partially own Chonghaejin Marine, the operator of the ''Sewol'', but wield power on it through a web of company cross-shareholdings.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Michael|title=Meet the millionaire tied to South Korean ferry sinking probe|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/24/world/asia/south-korea-ship-sinking-yoo/|accessdate=19 May 2014|publisher=CNN|date=29 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Ji-yoon|title=Scandalous owner family of Sewol|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140423001075/|accessdate=28 May 2014|newspaper=The Korea Herald|date=23 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Narae|title=Boy who raised alarm on doomed Korean ferry had no time to call parents|url=http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2014/04/26/boy-who-raised-alarm-on-doomed-korean-ferry-had-no-time-to-call-parents|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=Standard Freeholder|date=26 April 2014}}</ref>

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Yoo is the head of the family who partially own Chonghaejin Marine, and is believed to excercise influence through a web of company cross-shareholdings.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pearson|first=Michael|title=Meet the millionaire tied to South Korean ferry sinking probe|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/24/world/asia/south-korea-ship-sinking-yoo/|accessdate=19 May 2014|publisher=CNN|date=29 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Ji-yoon|title=Scandalous owner family of Sewol|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140423001075/|accessdate=28 May 2014|newspaper=The Korea Herald|date=23 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Narae|title=Boy who raised alarm on doomed Korean ferry had no time to call parents|url=http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2014/04/26/boy-who-raised-alarm-on-doomed-korean-ferry-had-no-time-to-call-parents|accessdate=19 May 2014|newspaper=Standard Freeholder|date=26 April 2014}}</ref>


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Yoo Byung-eun
Born (1941-02-11) 11 February 1941 (age 83)
Kyoto, Japan
NationalitySouth Korea
Occupation(s)Pastor,[1] inventor, businessman, poet, photographer
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Byeong-eon[3]
McCune–ReischauerYubyŏngŏn[4]
Websitewww.ahae.com
www.ahaenews.com

Template:Contains Korean text Yoo Byung-eun (Korean: 유병언; Hanja: 兪炳彦; RR: Yu Byeong-eon; born 11 February 1941) is a South Korean religious leader, businessman, and inventor, who as a photographer is known under the pseudonym Ahae.[5] Due to his reclusiveness, he is known as "the millionaire with no face."[6]

Believed to be the de facto leader of the company operating the ferry MV Sewol that sank on 16 April, Yoo has gone into hiding and is "Korea's most-wanted fugitive," after the Incheon District Court issued an arrest warrant on 22 May 2014. Korean authorities offered a ₩50,000,000 ($48,800) reward for information leading to the arrest of Yoo.[7][8] On 25 May, the reward was raised tenfold to ₩500,000,000 ($488,000).[9][10]

Biography

Yoo was born in Kyoto, Japan to Korean parents on 11 February 1941.[11] The family moved back to Korea following the liberation from Japanese colonial rule in August 1945 and settled in Daegu where Yoo graduated from Seonggwang High School.[12]

According to U.S.-based Evangelical Media Group (www.god.com) created by Yoo in 2002,[13] "he first began to live for the sake of the gospel in 1961," and that he "worked as an inventor and businessman to support the spreading of the gospel all over the world".[14] Yoo was one of 11 students admitted to the Good News Mission Bible school established in Korea by American and English missionaries, but he was expelled.[15] He founded Evangelical Baptist Church (Korean: 기독교복음침례회), also known as the Salvation Sect (ko),[16] in 1962 with his father-in-law, Pastor Kwon Shin-chan (권신찬; 1923–96).[17][18] The church was held to be a cult by the conservative Christian denomination, the General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches, in 1992.[19]

Yoo came to public attention in connection with the 1987 Odaeyang mass suicide (ko). Police were investigating accusations against a 48-year-old woman, Park Soon-ja, saying that she had swindled ₩8.9 billion ($8.7 million) from about 220 people.[20][21] Her company Odaeyang Trading Co. was a firm that fronted for a religious sect led by Park, which was a splinter group from Yoo's Evangelical Baptist Church.[22] Thirty-two members of the sect who believed in doomsday, including Park Soon-ja and her three children, were found dead, bound and gagged.[23][24] Police assumed the event was a murder–suicide pact, and the prosecution initially suspected that Yoo was linked to the case;[25][26] but he was never charged, and the police concluded it was a mass suicide.[27][28][29][30] When the case was re-opened in 1991, investigation into Odaeyang Trading Co. revealed, that the bulk part of ₩17 billion (~$17 million) in private loans had been funneled into the company Semo Corp. run by Yoo.[31][32][33] Yoo was arrested and, in 1992, convicted of "habitual fraud under the mask of religion" for his role in colluding with one of his employees to collect donations from church members in the amount of 1.2 billion won ($1.15 million) and invest them in his businesses. He served a 4-year prison term.[34][35][36][37][38][39]

Sinking of the Sewol

The ferry Sewol capsized and sank on 16 April 2014. It was carrying 476 people, mostly secondary school students from Danwon High School (Ansan City) who were travelling from Incheon towards Jeju.[40] Per 28 May 2014, 288 have been confirmed dead. Teams of divers are still searching for 16 people listed as missing.[41] Sewol was operated by the company Chonghaejin Marine.

Ownership

Yoo has widely been described as "the owner of" or "the de facto owner of" the sunken ferry Sewol, and is former chairman of Chonghaejin Marine.[42][14] Son Byong-ki, Yoo's lawyer, stated on 25 April, that Yoo "has no financial ties to Chonghaejin or its subsidiaries."[43] A press release from Yoo's U.S. publicist, Ahae Press Inc., stated that "[Mr. Yoo] does not own any shares, direct or indirect, of Chonghaejin."[5] Financial filings confirms that Yoo has no stake in the shipping company.[14]

Yoo is the head of the family who partially own Chonghaejin Marine, and is believed to excercise influence through a web of company cross-shareholdings.[44][45][46]

Leadership

Investigators have obtained evidence indicating Yoo as the de facto leader of the company. One piece of evidence is a detailed list of all the company's staff prepared on a day before the sinking of the MV Sewol, which names Yoo as chairman of Chonghaejin Marine with employee number A99001, or employee No. 1 at the company, which was established in 1999.[47] They also discovered a pay stub that records a payment of ₩10 million (~$9,760) monthly over more than a year.[48] They have also obtained testimony from others that Yoo was directly involved in managing the ferry operator.[47]

Sewol was remodeled between October 2012 and February 2013 to increase the number of passenger cabins and add a fifth floor, mainly used as an exhibition hall for photographs by Yoo (Ahae). The employee of Chonghaejin who was in charge of the refitting, Ahn Gi-hyeon, testified that he carried out the expansion under the direction of Yoo. On 20 May, it was confirmed that the overloading and remodeling of the ship compromised its ability to maintain stability during the time of the accident.[48]

Investigators found that Yoo has glossed over critical problems with the stability of the refurbished vessel. According to the prosecution, Kim Han-shik, the chief of Chonghaejin Marine notified Yoo of the risks of overloading it with freight early in 2014. Kim reportedly pointed out the ferry's weakened ability to recover left-and-right balance when tilted due to the extension in the number of cabins, and advised Yoo to sell off the ferry.[49] Yoo allegedly told them to keep running Sewol as usual and put up for sale another old ferry Ohamana that was purchased earlier.[50][51] Based on the evidence, prosecutors concluded that Yoo is the one who directs operation and execution of business, and plan to hold Yoo vicariously liable for the acts of the operator's crew members. Accordingly, the prosecution is poised to cite "negligent homicide" in its coming application of criminal law against Yoo.[52][53]

Evasion

Currently, Yoo is wanted for questioning by the South Korean government.[54][55]

On 26 May, Yoo's religious group said, that Yoo might have returned early in the morning to Geumsuwon, the church headquarters in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, in an apparent move to confuse investigators. Geumsuwon is known as the main residence of Yoo.[56] A spokesperson for the sect said that "We hope Yoo doesn't get arrested. A 100,000 followers will protect Yoo. Even if the entire congregation of 100,000 believers is arrested, we won't hand him over."[57][58] Prosecutors warned on 24 May, that anyone who helps Yoo in hiding faces up to three years in prison.[59] Four members of the Salvation Sect were arrested 25 May for assisting Yoo to escape detection by the police.[58][60] The prosecution office said it had also arrested Lee Jae-ok, chairman of Yoo's foundation Hemato-Centric Life Institute,[61] and one of Yoo's close aides, on suspicion of planning Yoo's life as a fugitive and helping him evade detection for weeks.[62]

President Park Geun-hye during a Cabinet meeting on 27 May, ordered a quick arrest of the fugitive Yoo saying he and his family "is ridiculing the law and causing indignation among the people."[63]

Yoo is suspected of embezzling ₩128.9 billion (~$125.8 million) from his companies, including ₩44.6 billion (~$43.5 million) transferred overseas illegally, as part of a scheme to sell his nature photographs to his companies for tens of millions of won. He also owes an estimated ₩10.1 billion (~$9.8 million) in taxes for the photos sold.[64] Prosecutors also found evidence that Yoo's family set up several paper companies with no consultants, which then collected some 20 billion won in consulting fees from companies related to Semo Group over the last few years.[65] They are also looking into circumstantial evidence that Yoo's family has claimed commission fees of tens of billions of won from the related companies for the use of trademark rights for names like Sewol.[66]

Photography

Ahae's project titled Through My Window began in early spring 2009 and continued for 4 years, during which time Ahae allegedly took about 2.7 million photographs, all through one window, which equates to a rate of one photo every 60 seconds. Ahae's collection mainly consists of natural scenes through the window of his own studio, which capture intimate moments of the four seasons.[67] Ahae's first travelling exhibition of photographs, Through My Window, debuted in the Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Terminal, New York City, in April 2011.[68] It has since been on display at the Veletržní Palace of the National Gallery in Prague Czech Republic (15 July to 14 August 2011),[69] Clarence House Gardens, Lancaster House, and Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London, United Kingdom,[70] Vremena Goda Galleries, Moscow, Russia (15 September to 5 October 2011),[71] Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia, Florence, Italy (1 December 2011 to 8 January 2012),[72][73] Magazzini del Sale, Venice, Italy (20 March to 24 April 2012),[74] and the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France (26 June to 26 August 2012).[75][76][77] The Tuileries Garden is administratively attached to The Louvre, to which he donated €1.1 million.[78][79]

His exhibition Through My Window: Vibrancy and Serenity was on display in the Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Terminal from 13 to 22 October 2011.[80]

On 8 September 2013, the London Symphony Orchestra premiered a new orchestral work by composer Michael Nyman, Symphony No. 6 "AHAE." The composer conducted the performance, which took place at L'Opéra of the Palace of Versailles, Paris. The symphony, in four movements, represents the four seasons in nature as depicted by Ahae in his photographic work Through My Window. The symphony was recorded for a planned future release.[81]

From 25 June to 9 September 2013, Ahae's second solo exhibition in France, Extraordinary Within the Ordinary, was held in the Orangerie Hall of the Palace of Versailles.[82][83] He is the sole patron of the Bosquet du Théâtre d'Eau (Water Theatre Grove) (fr) currently being recreated in the area of the Palace of Versailles, donating €1.4 million.[78]

Private life

Yoo is known, due to his reclusiveness, as "the millionaire with no face."[6][84] He married Kwon Yun-ja (Korean: 권윤자; RR: Gwo Nyun-ja), the daughter of Kwon Shin-chan, in 1966.[85] They have four children:[86][87] daughter Yoo Som-na (Korean: 유섬나; RR: Yu Seom-na; born 1966), also known as Ennette Yoo, daughter Yoo Sang-na (Korean: 유상나; RR: Yu Sang-na; born c. 1968),[88][89] son Yoo Dae-kyun (Korean: 유대균; RR: Yu Dae-gyun; born c. 1970), and second son Yoo Hyuk-kee (Korean: 유혁기; RR: Yu hyuk-ki; born 1972), also known as Keith H. Yoo.

Yoo's oldest daughter Yoo Som-na (Korean: 유섬나; RR: Yu Seom-na; born 1966),[90] is believed to own and live in a luxury apartment near Paris's Champs-Élysées. The apartment is reportedly worth 2.5 billion won ($2.44 million).[91] Yoo Som-na has been summoned for questioning multiple times by the prosecution, but has evaded the office's investigation.[92][93][94][95][96] She heads the interior design and consulting firm Moreal Design with offices in Seoul and New York, which has done design work for many of Semo's affiliates, Debauve & Gallais, Hemato-Centric Life Institute, and NaeClear, and has sponsored Yoo's photographic exhibitions.[97] On 9 May 2014, police raided the firm's office in southern Seoul on suspicion it had been involved in forming the family's slush funds and managing them in overseas accounts.[98][99] On 11 May, the authorities issued an arrest warrant for Yoo Som-na after she failed to appear for questioning.[100][101][102] On 23 May, an Interpol Red Notice was issued, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered her to surrender her passport,[103] while the Ministry of Justice dispatched local investigators to France to discuss potential extradition.[104] French law enforcement authorities arrested Yoo Som-na on 27 May.[105][106] The Ministry of Justice said that it will repatriate Yoo Som-na following a repatriation trial in France.[107]

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  • Ahae (28 June 2012). De ma fenêtre: Jardin des Tuileries — musée du Louvre (in French). Editions Assouline. ISBN 978-2-7594-0602-9.
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