South Korean lawmakers have called for the government to enact tougher laws on preventing leaks of defence secrets after Indonesian engineers were allegedly caught attempting to take a removable drive containing data related to the KF-21 fighter jet.
The Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) said the technicians, working on the project at Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), were under investigation on suspicion of saving the classified information on a USB device.
“A joint investigation composed of related agencies, including the National Intelligence Service, is currently under way to look into the circumstances of the Indonesians’ alleged technology theft,” a DAPA official said.