A, a military employee of the Defense Intelligence Command who leaked level 2 and 3 military secrets, including a list of ‘black agents’ who are hiding their identities overseas, was arrested and indicted by the military prosecution on the 27th. A was charged with general treason under the Military Criminal Act, violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes (bribery), and violation of the Military Secrets Protection Act.
According to military prosecutors, Mr. A is accused of leaking several military secrets to an unidentified Chinese compatriot (Joseonjok) in exchange for money.
Earlier, on the 8th, the Armed Forces Counterintelligence Command sent Mr. A to the military prosecution on charges of violating the Military Secrets Protection Act and general treason and espionage under the Military Criminal Act. The current espionage law can only be applied if there is a confirmed connection to North Korea. Therefore, there was speculation that the Chinese compatriot who Mr. A handed over the secrets to was an agent recruited by the North Korean Reconnaissance General Bureau, and that there was a confirmed connection to North Korea.
However, the military prosecutors who reviewed the investigation records of the counterintelligence agency did not apply the espionage charge. The general treason charge is applied when confidential information is leaked to a third country other than North Korea. A military official said, “It appears that there is no circumstantial evidence or evidence that Mr. A directly or indirectly leaked confidential information to North Korea.”
Person A was revealed to have transferred 5 or 6 confidential information, including a list of black agents and the status of unit members, from the information agency’s internal computer to a personal laptop and leaked them to a Chinese compatriot in file form. The act of transferring military secrets to a personal laptop itself is a violation of the Military Secrets Protection Act. Person A is known to have denied the related charges and maintained his claim that his laptop was hacked.
Military expert reporter Yoon Sang-ho [email protected]
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