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49 arrested for spying for North Korea
2003년 이후 49명 간첩혐의로 구속
Posted : 2013-10-11 15:37
Updated : 2013-10-11 15:37
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A total of 49, including 21 who were disguised as defectors, have been arrested over the past 10 years on charges of spying for North Korea.

In a report submitted to the National Assembly, the Justice Ministry said the 49, taken into custody since 2003, included 14 under the Roh Moo-hyun administration and 31 when former President Lee Myung-bak was in office until the beginning of this year.

Through this year alone, under the new Park Geun-hye administration, there have been four arrests on charges of espionage on behalf of North Korea.

Interestingly enough, the number of arrests have been increasing at a rapid pace since 2010, rising to 11 following just two in 2007-2009, eight in 2011 and nine last year, the ministry report said.

Among the responsibilities of the accused were securing classified national security information, transporting North Korean defectors back home and planning the assassination of specified targets.

In particular, it is believed that three North Korean agents were dispatched to the South for the purpose of planning the assassination of senior North Korean official Hwang Jang-yeop.

"We have discovered that numerous senior North Korean agents disguised their defection to the South, raising the need to more effectively monitor and evaluate the histories and identities of potential defectors," one ministry official said.




2003년 이후 49명 간첩혐의로 구속

 

2003년 이후 올해 8월까지 49명의 간첩이 구속된 것으로 나타났다. 그 중 42%인 21명은 탈북자로 위장하고 국내에 잠입한 것으로 확인됐다.

11일 민주당 심재권 의원이 법무부로부터 제출받은 2003년 이후 간첩사건 구속자 현황에 따르면 구속된 총 49명의 간첩은 참여정부 시기에 14명이었던 것이 이명박 정부 시기 들어 두배를 넘는 31명으로 급증했다. 박근혜 정부가 출범한 올해에도 벌써 4명이 구속됐다.

2007~2009년 1~2명이던 간첩 구속자 수는 2010년에 11명, 2011년 8명, 지난해 9명으로 집계됐다. 구속된 간첩 49명 중 21명은 탈북자로 위장(탈북자 위장 간첩)해 국내에 잠입했다.

탈북자 위장 간첩들의 임무는 ▲국가기밀 탐지 ▲황장엽 등 특정인사 암살 ▲탈북자 북한 이송 및 재입북 유도 ▲위장귀순 후 지령대기 ▲탈북자 동향 파악 ▲재중 국정원직원 파악 ▲남한침투공작원 연계 ▲위폐환전 및 재미교포 유인 ▲무장간첩 소재파악 등이다.

특히 황장엽 암살 지령을 받고 파견된 탈북자 위장 간첩은 3명이나 있었다.

탈북자 위장 간첩을 가장 많이 파견한 기관은 북한 국가안전보위부로 10명을 내려 보냈다. 이어 정찰총국(5명), 군 보위사령부(3명), 조선노동당 35호실(1명), 기타(2명) 등의 순으로 조사됐다.

심 의원은 “탈북자의 인권과 안전을 최대한 보장해야 하지만 전체 간첩활동 중 절반에 육박하는 수가 탈북자라는 사실은 우리 국정원의 수사와 통일부의 탈북자 관리에 문제가 있음을 보여주는 것으로 정부 차원의 대책이 시급하다”고 말했다.
 
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