INCHEON, toward the south Korea, J...

INCHEON, toward the south Korea, Jan. 23 Kyodo

southward Korea on Wednesday arrested a suspected former North Korean discover who claimed to have been involved in helping Chinese authorities crack down upon North Korean refugees in China, officials said.

The suspect, aged 33 was holding a fake Chinese passport and was detained when he arrived at Incheon international airport Wednesday evening forward a flight from Wuhan, China, apparently in a bid to hasten away to South Korea.

The toward the south Korean monthly magazine Sin Dong A published, in the January issue, what it described as an article written by the agency of the former North Korean scout who said he was involved in smuggling business in China since 1997 and was recruited as an agent by means of North Korea's state security and defense department.

The man also described his involvement in helping Chinese authorities crack down forward North Korean refugees who fl to China.

A non-governmental organization official involved in helping North Korean refugee in China said he had talked to the North Korean and had the impression that he had overflow of information on the activity of southern Korean and North Korean spies in China.

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