By Yoonjung Seo
Park Won-soon, (click here) whose daughter has reported him missing to police, speaks at an event in Seoul earlier this week
Seoul - The mayor of the South Korean capital Seoul (click here) has been found dead, hours after he was reported missing and police launched a massive operation to find him.
Park Won-soon was reported missing by his daughter on Thursday evening, according to a police official with knowledge of the case. Nearly 600 police officers and firefighters, along with three rescue dogs, were deployed to search for the mayor.
Park's body was found in the city's mountains seven hours into the operation, Seoul police confirmed in a text message early Friday to journalists....
He had high regard by the people. He was a hopeful for the presidency. "The Guardian" is reporting there was a sexual assault complaint signed against him by a city employee.
....A police complaint – allegedly involving sexual assault – was filed against Park Won-soon by a former Seoul city employee on Wednesday and local media said a television channel had been due to broadcast a programme on the previously unreported case on Thursday evening....
