| Want to know how dirty the previous Roh government in South Korea was, and how 'liberal' it was? They were willing to implicate their own intelligence agency to blow up an airliner just to score points with Kimmie. That airliner was the one that had government leaders on it and was quite a shock at the time. It was proven that the Norks did it and it almost led to war. But the Roh folks couldn't let that legacy stand. Read on ... |
The ruling Grand National Party will hold a National Assembly hearing about allegations by the surviving bomber of Korean Air flight 858 that the previous government bullied her into backing a conspiracy theory surrounding the 1987 bombing. Kim Hyun-hee, the former North Korean agent now living in the South, has claimed that the National Intelligence Service under the Roh Moo-hyun government leaned on her to appear on a TV program that would examine whether the incident was a setup by South Korean intelligence.
| Kim Hyun-hee was the chippie who bombed the plane. Her compatriot swallowed a cyanide capsule and died. She tried to swallow one but failed to do so and thus lived to tell the tale. |
GNP lawmaker Gu Sang-chan, a member of the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee, on Sunday said, "If anybody attempted to force Kim to give false testimony on the bombing of the KAL flight, we must find out truth about who did it and why." The hearing is to be in April.
GNP floor leader Hong Joon-pyo said the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee will find out whether the NIS was really involved in such an attempt.
Gu, who has been researching the issue since the previous government, said, "It is clearly confirmed that the bombing of Korean Air flight 858 was committed in 1987 by North Korean agents, including Kim, at Kim Jong-il's instruction. Nonetheless, it seems that the former government made consistent attempts to cast doubt on that explanation. A hearing will disclose facts and testimonies about such attempts."
In a recent letter, Kim said pro-North Korean leftwing groups, including those within the NIS, under the former government attempted to coerce her into appearing on TV and denying she had instructions from the North Korean leader. But in a press conference on Mar. 11, Kim left room for speculation by saying it was "difficult to give a full explanation now of what happened back then." |