I know Mr Ha Tae Kyoung, President of the ORNK, and they have good information sources within North Korea.
In April 2003, a North Korean owned freighter Pong Su that smuggled 150 kilos of heroin into Australia was stormed and captured by the Australian Special Forces after a four-day chase. The New York Times says, “The Pong Su sailed from North Korea to Singapore in 2003 under a North Korean flag.
The vessel then switched its registration to Tuvalu and sailed on to Austria, where witnesses saw a dinghy coming ashore with what proved to be
the shipment of heroin.” I am sure this is only the tip of the iceberg.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/world/asia/20shipping.html
Up to the present I do not have specific information on Mr Chong Koy Sen’s
involvement in the above case, but he is the Honarary Consul of Tuvalu
and a major shareholder of the Tuvalu Ship Registry Pte Ltd. (RCB: 200404239D)
http://www.tuvaluconsulate.com/
http://www.tvship.com/
The US has imposed additional sanctions against North Korea on 30 August.
http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20100830.shtml
As President Obama wrote in the following letter to the Speaker of the House, targets of sanctions include those “to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order;”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/30/letter-president-blocking-property-certain-persons-with-respect-north-ko
The Washington Post writes,
”Stuart Levey, a senior Treasury official, told reporters that other entities could be named later under the sanctions. “The effect of this is potentially global in application,” if foreign firms are found to be helping North Korea in illicit activities, he said. “The sanctions would freeze any of those targets’ U.S. assets, and make it illegal for American companies to do business with such firms.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/30/AR2010083005007.html
Israel and the Jewish community around the world are furious with North Korea and President Shimon Peres called the North as “duty free shop for long-range missiles and nuclear weapons.” He said Israel was observing the smuggling trend with “open eyes.”
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10532809
I received a reply from the foreign policy advisor of President Peres, Member of Knesset (MK) Dr Einat Wilf, recognizing my concerns regarding North Korea’s proliferation activities and money laundering.
MK Prof Aryeh Eldad who heads the Hatikva Party wrote to me that “I share
your concern of North Korea nuclear capabilities. As far as I know, they were involved in the attempts to build such capabilities for Iran and Syria.” Professor Eldad is Brigadier-General (reserves) of the Israel Defense Forces.
North Korea’s WMD proliferation is a matter of national security not only to Israel, but also to countries around the world including Singapore.
According to the following monograph titled “Illicit Activity and Proliferation: North Korean Smuggling Networks” published by Harvard Kennedy School, “it would be a short step from the government to some of the sponsored terror groups” in Iran and Syria where North Korean WMD are being sold. This means that it could end up exploding in MRT.
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/872/illicit_activity_and_proliferation.html
The following monograph from the US Army War College describes North Korea
as a “criminal sovereignty” and focuses on the country’s drug trafficking, counterfeit currency operations and counterfeit cigarettes.
It says Bureau 39, the government office responsible for criminal activities, maintains an office in Singapore and says “During August 2006, other reports surfaced alleging Pyongyang had moved some of its monetary accounts to a bank in Singapore.”
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=975
From a foreigner’s point of view, Singapore is a country of law and
order with low crime rate, and relationship with “criminal sovereignty” seems extremely strange to us. I am hoping that a through investigation be conducted at once and Singapore defend her reputation.
Yours sincerely,
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