Diplomat caught for Bangladesh smuggling
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BANGLADESHI customs officers caught a North Korean diplomat trying to smuggle an estimated US$1.4 million worth of gold into the country, a senior official said yesterday.
“We recovered the gold both in the form of bars and ornaments from Son Young Nam, the first secretary of the North Korean Embassy in Dhaka,” said Moinul Khan, director general of Custom Intelligence, adding the gold weighed about 27 kilograms.
The diplomat was released after his confessional statement, but Bangladesh is seeking to institute charges.
“What he did is beyond diplomatic norms,” Khan said, adding that a visitor can legally bring up to US$1,282 worth of gold into Bangladesh.
Khan said the diplomat had passed through the green channel at the Dhaka international airport on a late arriving Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore. Customs officials then asked to scan his hand luggage.
“He told our officials there was nothing to scan,” said Najibur Rahman, chairman of the National Board of Revenue. “Later we informed our foreign ministry and he was released on Friday under the Vienna Convention.”
A case has been filed against him with the customs department, Khan said. “We have also initiated the process to file a criminal case against him.”
Khan said North Korea would soon be informed of the case and further action would be taken via government channels.
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