Incheon Coast Guard Chief Yang Jong-ta Found Dead at Residence This Morning

Yang Jong-ta, chief of the Incheon Coast Guard, has been found dead at his official residence, prompting a police investigation.

According to the Incheon Seobu Police Station and the Incheon Coast Guard, a report was filed with 112 at around 9:05 a.m. today (September 28) stating that Chief Yang was not breathing at an apartment in Cheongna-dong, Seo-gu.

Coast guard officials visited his residence after he failed to show up for work today, and they discovered him collapsed and made the report.

Police confirmed that Chief Yang was already dead when officers arrived at the scene.

Police plan to determine whether to conduct an autopsy while keeping open the possibility of death by an underlying chronic condition such as a myocardial infarction.

A police official stated, "There are no suspected criminal charges or foul play identified so far."

(Photo provided by Incheon Coast Guard, Yonhap News)
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