Pyongyang demanded
extradition of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Lee Byung-ho,
the former chief of South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS), according
to local media.
Pyongyang
urged Seoul on Wednesday to extradite former South Korean President Park
Geun-hye, who was impeached in March over a national corruption scandal, for
execution over her alleged involvement in a conspiracy to assassinate North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un, local media reported Wednesday.
North Korea,
citing the UN counterterrorism resolution, also demanded the immediate
extradition of Lee Byung-ho, the former chief of South Korean National
Intelligence Service (NIS), for his alleged involvement in the assassination
plot, according the Yonhap news agency.
"Former
President Park Geun-hye and former former spy chief Lee Byung-ho as well as
agents of the National Intelligence Service cannot avoid being cruelly killed
by anyone, any time and any means from now on," North Korean Ministry of
State Security said in statement, as quoted by the agency.
In May,
North Korea's intelligence services named key suspects in a case regarding the
alleged preparation of a coup and attack on the country' leader.
The list
included Lee, two other South Korean intelligence officers and Xu Guanghai of
the Qingdao Nazca Trade company, as suspects whose extradition was demanded by
Pyongyang.
North Korean authorities also suggested that both the US Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) and NIS had planned an attack on Kim using biochemical
substances.
Comments
Post a Comment