S.Korea spy chief urged to step down

Source:AFP Published: 2014-3-13 1:08:01

South Korea's spy agency chief came under growing pressure to step down Wednesday over a scandal with political ramifications involving the fabrication of evidence in an espionage case.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) has been accused of forging documents to build a spying case against a former Seoul city official who escaped to South Korea from North Korea in 2004.

Last week, the case took a dramatic turn when an NIS informant linked to the forgeries attempted to commit suicide. He survived and was arrested by state prosecutors Wednesday.

AFP



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