A relative weeps as she sits before the sea at an area where family members of victims of the South Korean ferry ‘Sewol’ are gathered, at Jindo harbor on Monday. AFP PHOTO
JINDO, South Korea: The actions of the captain and crew of a capsized South Korean ferry were “tantamount to murder,” President Park Guen-Hye said on Monday, condemning their “unimaginable” decision to escape while hundreds were still trapped in the sinking vessel.