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| ROK Prosecutors probe ex-spy chief for leaking classified information |
| 2011-01-27 |
| SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- State prosecutors on Wednesday said they have started a probe on a former spy chief who may have leaked classified information during an interview and in a book he co-wrote. The Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office said Kim Man-bok, former head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) is undergoing investigation because of a recent interview carried in a Japanese magazine and a book criticising Seoul's current hardline stance toward North Korea. Without going into detail, the office said that the NIS requested a probe alleging that Kim may have leaked sensitive information he attained while in office under the previous administration. Kim was the country's spy master from 2006 through 2008 under President Roh Moo-hyun, whom conservatives claim was "too soft" toward North Korea. "The probe is being carried out like any other with prosecutors investigating the allegations raised by the NIS," a source said. Kim said in the interview and the book that the incumbent Lee Myung-bak administration has transformed the West Sea into a "sea of war." |
| Posted by:Steve White |