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General charged with leaking secrets
Submitted by pekwan on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
AFP
SEOUL: A two-star South Korean general was charged today with leaking secrets to North Korea, including the South's war plan in case of attack, military officials said. The secrets include a contingency plan prepared by US and South Korean troops in case of war with the North, the defence ministry said in a statement.
The major-general, identified only as Kim, was detained last month. He allegedly gave the classified information to an agent in return for w26 million (around RM69,000). But Kim, 58, would not face spying charges because he did not know that the military secrets would be passed on to the North, the ministry said. Espionage is theoretically punishable with a death sentence.
The ministry said a third man from a South Korean defence firm was charged with collecting classified information for Park. It said the case 'revealed the lack of a security mindset' against North Korea and security education for military officers would be strengthened. -- AFP
