CANBERRA: A man has been arrested in Sydney for allegedly acting as an economic agent for North Korea, Australian Federal Police (AFP) have said. It is the first time anyone has been charged under the country’s 1995 Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act. Police say there was evidence that Chan had been in contact with “high ranking officials in North Korea”. Chan also was charged with brokering the sale of coal from North Korea to groups in Indonesia and Vietnam. In October the Australian government said they had received a letter from North Korea urging Canberra to distance itself from the Trump administration.

Source: Pakistan Today December 17, 2017 03:56 UTC