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Two former ministers executed in North Korea
TOKYO, April 4 (Itar-Tass) -- The former minister of railways Kim
Yong-sam and the former finance minister Mun Il-bong were executed for
espionage charges in North Korea, the Seoul major newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported with the reference to a North Korean source on Monday.
The newspaper reported that the North Korean former minister of
railways, who occupied the post in 1998-2000, was executed over the blast case at a railway station in April 2004. This explosion was qualified as an act of sabotage targeted against a special train of a North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who was on the way back from China.
The minister was accused of classified information leakage. The routes and the schedule of Kim's trips were accessible only for his bodyguards and secretaries, as well as the railway minister.
Meanwhile, the former finance minister was executed for the failure of the monetary reform in December 2009. The reform provoked major indignation among the North Koreans and resulted in a price growth and a sharper consumer deficit. Seoul earlier reported that the director of the North Korean Workers Party's Planning and Finance Department Pak Nam-gi was executed under the same criminal case in April 2010.
Yong-sam and the former finance minister Mun Il-bong were executed for
espionage charges in North Korea, the Seoul major newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported with the reference to a North Korean source on Monday.
The newspaper reported that the North Korean former minister of
railways, who occupied the post in 1998-2000, was executed over the blast case at a railway station in April 2004. This explosion was qualified as an act of sabotage targeted against a special train of a North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who was on the way back from China.
The minister was accused of classified information leakage. The routes and the schedule of Kim's trips were accessible only for his bodyguards and secretaries, as well as the railway minister.
Meanwhile, the former finance minister was executed for the failure of the monetary reform in December 2009. The reform provoked major indignation among the North Koreans and resulted in a price growth and a sharper consumer deficit. Seoul earlier reported that the director of the North Korean Workers Party's Planning and Finance Department Pak Nam-gi was executed under the same criminal case in April 2010.
