Sailor kills captain over late wages payment

By Kang Aa-young, Park Si-soo

A commercial vessel sailor was arrested on a charge of killing his captain in a dispute over pay, police said Wednesday.

He is suspected of stabbing the captain to death in a back street in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday.

The suspect admitted the crime, saying he stabbed the victim with a knife after the captain ignored repeated calls to pay wages of 7 million won ($6,540), police said.

The suspect said he had received nothing for five months.