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North Korean diplomat expelled from SA for rhino horn trafficking [S. Africa]
News24 ^ | 2015-12-23 | Julian Rademeyer

Posted on 12/27/2015 5:02:09 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

North Korean diplomat expelled from SA for rhino horn trafficking

2015-12-23 14:43

Julian Rademeyer, News24 Correspondent

Pretoria - A high-ranking North Korean diplomat accused of abusing his diplomatic immunity and his embassy's diplomatic bag to smuggle rhino horn out of South Africa has been expelled from the country.

News24 has learnt that Park Chol-jun - also identified in some news reports as Pak Chol Chun - quietly left the country on December 11.

A spokesperson for the Department of International Relations and Co-operation (Dirco), Nelson Kgwete, did not name Park, but confirmed on Tuesday that the department had been "informed by the embassy" that "the official has returned" to North Korea.

News24 understands that the South African government last month gave Park - the embassy's political councillor - a 30-day ultimatum to leave the country.

The North Korean embassy did not respond to emailed questions.

News24 first submitted questions about the expulsion to Dirco on 8 December - three days before Park left the country - but the department failed to respond for two weeks.

Park was arrested on May 3 in the Mozambican capital Maputo after 4.5kg of rhino horn and $99 300 in cash were found in a vehicle in which he was travelling. The car had diplomatic licence plates and was registered to the North Korean embassy in Pretoria.

Also allegedly arrested was a man identified as a respected North Korean Taekwon-Do master, Kim Jong Su.

(Excerpt) Read more at news24.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nkorea; rhinohorn; smuggling; southafrica

1 posted on 12/27/2015 5:02:09 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...

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2 posted on 12/27/2015 5:03:37 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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So I’m guessing he was getting some of that Rhino Sex Powder for Kim Il Horndog?


3 posted on 12/27/2015 5:04:10 AM PST by Gaffer
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I predict an execution by anti-aircraft guns for failing in his mission.

Maybe some entrepreneurial soul could sell Kim Jong Fat Boy some of those old 'ENZYTE Male Enhancement Pills'? Bob has been out o' work for a while now ...

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4 posted on 12/27/2015 5:46:01 AM PST by mkjessup (JimRob: "It's Trump or Cruz, all the others are amnesty pimps" And the man is RIGHT!)
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I predict an execution by anti-aircraft guns for failing in his mission.

I was kind of thinking the same thing. The dude is toast. He is history, a non person, to be totally forgotten. Such is life in a communist utopia.

5 posted on 12/27/2015 6:03:18 AM PST by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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North Korean diplomat expelled from SA for rhino horn trafficking

He read that there were no elections in his country and somewhat misunderstood the translation.
6 posted on 12/27/2015 11:01:32 AM PST by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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