Giuseppe Sandro Mela.
2018-11-27.
«Benoit Quennedey, the president of the Franco-Korean Friendship Association who has a written book on the isolated nation, was placed in custody on Sunday.»
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«The Paris prosecutor was investigating him over the "collection and delivery of information to a foreign power likely to undermine the fundamental interests of the nation", said a judicial source on Monday.»
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«Investigators from France's DGSI domestic intelligence agency are looking into whether Quennedey provided information to Pyongyang, the source said.»
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«Daily television show Quotidien reported that his Senate office had been raided. The inquiry began in March.»
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«According to the Senate website, Quennedey is a senior administrator in France's upper house of parliament in the department of architecture, heritage and gardens.»
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«He has written frequent articles on North Korea and travelled extensively throughout the peninsula, according to the website of his publisher Delga.»
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«The Franco-Korean Friendship Association pushes for closer ties with North Korea and supports the reunification of the divided Koreas.»
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«North Korea under Kim Jong Un is under strict economic sanctions aimed at forcing the regime to abandon its nuclear missile programme.»
