This general is a big fish unlike restaurant attendants or high school math prodigy who defected earlier. It is more politically sensitive. So it is not clear if Chinese will let him go as in earlier cases. It all depends on China whether he makes it out to another country or is sent back to N. Korea.
If he gets sent back, mamma mia!
I think if he has 40 million with him, China will be more than happy to take him. If we had a leader who was strong, this general would be on a first class flight to DC to be debriefed, given a new identity and citizenship in any western country he chooses.
I get the feeling these NorKers don’t like chit-chat amongst themselves , esp., on who “gots what” & who don’t.
A lot of the insider’s money is made by drug trafficking profits,too.
Aren’t they famous for their meth, heroin, cocaine,etc.... along with a multitude of other high priced drugs even used in hospital settings?
He’s a big fish because he’s sequestered 40mil? oe he has ties to the West?.
Question here tho, how is this situation “more politcally sensitive”?
You state there are earlier cases with the Chinese- could you provide some information on this person you have brought to
the forefront with your post on FR? and provide links?
His family, friends and even his goldfish are probably dead meat at this point.
How could he carry that much money with him?
What are the chances the Chinese will keep the money and send him back?
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_IK_detail.htm?No=120763
Reported Defector Identified as Major General in N. Korean Military
Write : 2016-07-30 13:02:23 Update : 2016-07-30 14:23:56
Reported Defector Identified as Major General in N. Korean Military
The North Korean general who was reported to have fled the North around the middle of this month is said to be a major general from the North's Ministry of People's Armed Forces, a rank equal to South Korea's brigadier general.
A source familiar with North Korean affairs said Friday that the major general, who managed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s slush funds in Southeast Asia, defected carrying a large sum of money worth some 45 billion won, or 40 million dollars, that was supposed to be given to the leader.
The source explained the major general was in charge of sending foreign currency earned overseas including at construction sites and North Korean restaurants in southern China or Southeast Asia to the so-called “Room 39” of the North's Workers’ Party, which serves as Kim Jong-un’s private slush fund safety deposit.
The officer is said to have defected from the North carrying 40 million dollars that should have been transferred to Room 39 but it is not known how he stole the money.
The source said the major general and his group who defected together are waiting in China seeking asylum in a third country.
big fish do not seek small ponds