{"id":22081,"date":"2015-12-24T02:33:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T02:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/n-korea-diplomat-expelled-from-s-africa-for-rhino\/"},"modified":"2015-12-24T02:33:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T02:33:10","slug":"n-korea-diplomat-expelled-from-s-africa-for-rhino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/n-korea-diplomat-expelled-from-s-africa-for-rhino\/","title":{"rendered":"N Korea diplomat expelled from S Africa for rhino horn trading"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A North Korean diplomat has been expelled from South Africa for illegal rhino horn trading, according to a spokesman for South Africa’s Department of International Relations.}<\/p>\n

The diplomat was arrested in neighbouring Mozambique in May. Local media named him as Park Chol-jun.<\/p>\n

North Korean embassy officials said he was sent home on 11 December.<\/p>\n

Rhino horn is highly prized on the Asian black market, where it is believed to have medicinal properties.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s News24 reported that the man was driving a car with South African diplomatic registration, containing 4.5 kg (nearly 10lb) of rhino horn and $99,300 in cash, at the time of his arrest.<\/p>\n

News24 said police in Mozambique released him on $30,000 bail before letting him return to South Africa. He was given a month to leave South Africa in November, they said.<\/p>\n

It is not the first time North Korean diplomats have been caught attempting to buy, sell or smuggle goods illegally. A North Korean envoy was expelled from Bangladesh for gold smuggling in March.<\/p>\n

Several Vietnamese diplomats have also been caught buying, smuggling or receiving rhino horn in South Africa in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Source:BBC:[N Korea diplomat expelled from S Africa for rhino horn trading->http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-35173719]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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