Man Booked for Hiding Stolen Buddhist Treasures
GLOBAL POST
KOREA---A 73-year-old man has been booked without physical detention on charges of hiding stolen Buddhist artifacts at private warehouses under his ownership since the late 1980s, police said Wednesday. The man, identified by his surname Kwon, is suspected of hiding 48 stolen pieces in storage units in Seoul and the neighboring city of Seongnam, the National Police Agency (NPA) said. Kwon, who serves as the curator of a city-run museum, bought the cultural properties between 1989 and 2012, after they had been stolen from some 20 temples around the country, the NPA said, without clarifying how the items were stolen in the first place.[link]
KOREA---A 73-year-old man has been booked without physical detention on charges of hiding stolen Buddhist artifacts at private warehouses under his ownership since the late 1980s, police said Wednesday. The man, identified by his surname Kwon, is suspected of hiding 48 stolen pieces in storage units in Seoul and the neighboring city of Seongnam, the National Police Agency (NPA) said. Kwon, who serves as the curator of a city-run museum, bought the cultural properties between 1989 and 2012, after they had been stolen from some 20 temples around the country, the NPA said, without clarifying how the items were stolen in the first place.[link]