Bangladesh kicks out NK envoy
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BANGLADESH has kicked out a North Korean diplomat after he was caught smuggling more than 1 million cigarettes as well as electronics into the country in a shipping container.
Han Son Ik, the first secretary of the North Korean Embassy in Dhaka, has been ordered to leave the country after failing to declare the goods worth nearly half a million dollars to customs.
Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque confirmed the order had been made to the North Korean, but declined to give a timetable for his departure. Local media said he had been ordered to leave by yesterday.
“We have asked North Korea to take him back for violating diplomatic norms,” Haque told reporters.
A senior customs official said Han used his diplomatic immunity earlier this month to import the goods which were suspected destined for the black market.
“The diplomat declared that his cargo contained food and soft drinks. But when we opened the cargo, we found 1.6 million stalks of expensive cigarettes and electronics,” said Moinul Khan, head of intelligence at Bangladesh customs.
“At market prices these products are valued at 35 million taka (US$430,000). We suspect he brought the products to sell to local smuggling gangs,” he said.
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