S Korean spies admit 1973 snatch (of Kim Dae-jung)

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Wednesday, 24 October 2007, 11:41 GMT 12:41 UK

S Korean spies admit 1973 snatch

South Korea's spy agency has admitted it abducted future
President Kim Dae-jung in 1973, with tacit backing from then
leader Park Chung-hee.

The admission came after a three-year inquiry by the National
Intelligence Service (NIS) into its past conduct.

Agents snatched Mr Kim, who had lost an election to Mr Park
in 1971, from a Tokyo hotel. They reportedly took him away
in a boat intending to kill him.

Reports say the abduction was foiled after the US intervened.

The NIS said in a report: "This committee confirms that its
precursor, the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA),
undertook a kidnapping in Japan, and expresses deep regret
over this."

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7059648.stm

[Xipe Totec]

1. We're very sorry we got caught

and we promise to try very hard not to be caught again...

- KCIA

[Lasher]

2. Oh look what that terrible other country did.

Do you think it can't happen here?