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Cheollima Civil Defense: Group claims raid on North Korea's embassy - Published A shadowy group committed to ousting North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has claimed it was behind a raid last month at the North Korean embassy in Spain. Cheollima Civil Defense, a self-styled human rights group, reportedly fled with computers, a phone and hard discs. The break-in occurred just days before a key summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, Vietnam. The group denied using force, saying it was "not an attack". However, a Spanish high court judge said the 10 assailants shackled, beat and interrogated embassy staff in the incident on 22 February. It remains unclear why the raid took place. Cheollima wrote online that it had "responded to an urgent situation in the Madrid embassy". It said it had "shared information of enormous potential value" with the FBI, the US intelligence agency, "under mutually agreed terms of confidentiality". What happened in the raid? On Tuesday Judge José de la Mata lifted a secret decree on the investigation, according to a document from Spain's High Court. The break-in began at 16:34 (15:34 GMT), it said, and most of the intruders fled at 21:40. The judge said the group had "identified themselves as members of a human rights movement seeking to liberate North Korea". One of their number, named as Adrian Hong Chang, allegedly gained access to the embassy by asking to see the commercial attaché, whom he claimed to have met previously to discuss business matters. His accomplices burst in once he was inside, the judge said. The group are accused of interrogating the attaché and trying to persuade him to defect. When he refused, they left him tied up in the basement, the judge said. Two other members of the break-in group were named as US citizen Sam Ryu, and a South Korean, Woo Ran Lee. The judge said that embassy staff were held hostage for several hours. One woman managed to flee, escaping through a window and screaming for help. Concerned neighbours quickly called the police. When officers arrived, they were greeted by Adrian Hong Chang, posing as a North Korean diplomat in a jacket with a Kim Jong-un lapel badge. He told the police that all was well, and nothing had happened. That evening most of the group fled the embassy in three North Korean diplomatic vehicles, the judge said. Mr Hong Chang and some others left later via the back entrance using another vehicle. They split up into four groups and headed to Portugal, the court document said. Mr Hong Chang - a Mexican citizen who lives in the US - allegedly contacted the FBI to give his version of events five days later. What do we know about this group? Cheollima Civil Defense (CDC), also known as Free Joseon, is committed to overthrowing North Korea's ruling Kim dynasty. CDC first came to prominence after taking credit for getting Kim Jong-un's nephew, Kim Han-sol, safely out of Macau after the assassination of his father. Kim Jong-nam - who was the North Korean leader's estranged half-brother - was murdered at an airport in Malaysia in 2017. Kim Han-sol has expressed his desire to go back to North Korea, and has referred to his uncle as a "dictator". 'Exposed from the shadows' Analysis by Laura Bicker, BBC News, Seoul The Cheollima Civil Defense has been a topic of conversation among journalists for months. Now, courtesy of Spanish High Court papers, we have the names of some of those suspected of being behind the raid on the North Korean embassy in Madrid. But there are still so many questions. Adrian Hong Chang was the leader, according to the Spanish High Court. Mr Hong Chang is a well-known North Korean human rights activist. He has helped defectors flee North Korea in the past. But where would he get the funding and the know-how to carry out an operation such as this? Mr Hong Chang is also said to have handed over all the documents and computers taken from the embassy to the FBI. Just days later, reports started to appear in the US media giving more details about the raid, including sources linking the incident to the Cheollima Civil Defense. The group claims in its statement that this was a "betrayal of trust". The intelligence it gathered has certainly not saved its members from potential prosecution, and they are now at risk of possible North Korean reprisals. Mr Hong Chang is undoubtedly a wanted man. Not only by the Spanish High Court, but most probably by Pyongyang. This operation has exposed a group which was once in the shadows and put it firmly in a legal spotlight where it may not want to be. What have authorities said about who is behind it? Sources close to the investigation reportedly told Spanish newspaper El País that the operation was planned perfectly, as if by a "military cell". And the attackers seemed to know what they were looking for. Spanish authorities suspect US intelligence agencies and their allies could have been involved in the attack, according to daily papers El País and El Confidencial. Victims of the alleged assault have reportedly told investigators the men spoke in Korean. El País even reports that two of the group have links to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA declined to comment to the BBC. Asked if there was any US government involvement in the raid, State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told a regular news conference on Tuesday: "The United States government had nothing to do with this." Why would anyone attack the embassy? Reports say the attackers could have been looking for information on North Korea's former ambassador to Madrid, Kim Hyok-chol, who was expelled from Spain in September 2017 over North Korea's nuclear testing programme. Mr Kim is now serving as a key envoy in North Korean talks with the US, and helped organise the summit in Vietnam. He also travelled to Washington DC with Kim Jong-un's right-hand man, Kim Yong-chol, in January.
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स्पेनस्थित उत्तर कोरियाली दूतावासमा 'छापा मार्ने' अमेरिकी सैनिक पक्राउ स्पेनको राजधानी म्याड्रिडस्थित उत्तर कोरियाली दूतावासमा छापा मार्ने समूहमा संलग्न भएको आरोप लागेका अमेरिकी मरिन कोरका एक सैनिकलाई अमेरिकी अधिकारीहरूले पक्राउ गरेको समाचार सार्वजनिक भएको छ। क्रिस्टोफर आन नामक ती सन्दिग्ध व्यक्तिलाई लस एन्जलिसस्थित एउटा अदालतमा पेस गरिने बताइएको छ। गत फेब्रुअरी महिनामा अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनल्ड ट्रम्प र उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम जङ-अनबीच भियतनाममा शिखरवार्ता हुनुभन्दा केही दिनअघि सो घटना भएको थियो। उक्त घटनामा संलग्न भएको आशङ्कामा कसैलाई पक्राउ गरिएको यो पहिलो पटक हो। स्वघोषित मानवाधिकारवादी समूह 'फ्री जोस-अन'ले आफू सो घटनामा संलग्न भएको दाबी गरेको छ। अमेरिकी सङ्घीय अधिकारीले उक्त समूहका एक अगुवा एड्रिअन हङको घरमा पनि छापा मारेको वाशिङ्टन पोस्टले जनाएको छ। आश्चर्य व्यक्त बीबीसीले प्रतिक्रियाका लागि गरेको आग्रहमा अमेरिकी न्याय विभागले तत्कालै कुनै उत्तर दिएको छैन। फ्री जोस-अनले एउटा विज्ञप्तिमा पक्राउपुर्जी जारी गरिएकोमा आश्चर्य व्यक्त गरेको छ। "किम सत्ताको हिरासतबाट घर फर्किएका अन्तिम अमेरिकी नागरिक यातनाका कारण घाइते भएका थिए र उनी बाँचेनन्," विज्ञप्तिमा प्रवक्ता ली वुलोस्कीले भने, "हाल उसले निसाना बनाएका अमेरिकी नागरिकहरूको सुरक्षाबारे हामीले अमेरिकी सरकारबाट कुनै पनि खालको प्रत्याभूति पाएका छैनौँ।" "उत्तर कोरियालाई स्वतन्त्र बनाउन खोज्ने एउटा मानवाधिकार आन्दोलनका सदस्यहरू" भनेर चिनाउने १० जनाको एउटा समूह गत फेब्रुअरी २२ स्पेनस्थित उत्तर कोरियाली दूतावासमा बलपूर्वक पसेको थियो। त्यस घटनामा एक सहचारीसहित दूतावासका अन्य अधिकारीहरूलाई नियन्त्रणमा लिइएको थियो। ती सहचारीलाई उनीहरूले आफू दोषी रहेको जबरजस्ती स्वीकार गराउने प्रयास गरेका थिए। डेटा चोरी उक्त समूहका सदस्यहरूले कम्प्युटर र हार्ड ड्राइभ बन्द गरिदिएको र तिनमा सङ्कलित डेटा लिएर अमेरिकी अधिकारीहरूलाई पठाइएको आरोप लागेको छ। उत्तर कोरियाले उक्त घटनालाई "गम्भीर आतङ्कवादी आक्रमण" भनेको थियो। पहिले छोलिमा सिभिल डिफेन्स (सीसीडी) भनेर चिनिने फ्री जोस-अनले भने उसका सदस्यहरूलाई दूतावासले बोलाएको थियो भन्ने दाबी गर्ने गरेको छ। गत महिना स्पेनको एउटा अदालतद्वारा जारी गरिएको एउटा पत्रमा उक्त सङ्गठनका अगुवाहरूको नाम उल्लेख छ। तीमध्ये केही अमेरिकामा बसोबास गरिरहेको भन्ठानिएको छ। उक्त अदालतले उनीहरूको सुपुर्दगी खोजिरहेको छ। सो समूहले उत्तर कोरियाली नेता किम जङ-अनलाई अपदस्थ गर्न चाहेको बताइन्छ। घटना संलग्न को थिए? एड्रिअनबाहेक अन्य दुई व्यक्ति पनि सो घटनामा संलग्न रहेको बताइएको छ। उनीहरू अमेरिकी नागरिक साम र्यू र दक्षिण कोरियाका उ रान ली हुन्। सो समूहले दूतावासका कर्मचारीहरूलाई घण्टौँसम्म बन्दी बनाएका थिए। एक महिला झ्यालबाट भाग्न सफल भएकी थिइन् र गुहार माग्दै कराएकी थिइन्। लगत्तै छिमेकीहरूले प्रहरी बोलाएका थिए। घटनास्थलमा प्रहरी आइपुग्दा उनीहरूलाई एड्रिअनले स्वागत गरेका थिए। उत्तर कोरियाली नेता किमको तस्बिर अङ्कित बिल्ला भएको पहिरन लगाएका उनले दूतावासमा केही समस्या नरहेको बताएका थिए। उक्त समूहका अधिकांश व्यक्ति दूतावासको सवारीसाधन प्रयोग गरेर भाग्न सफल भएका थिए। एड्रिअन र अन्य केही त्यसपछि पछिल्लो भागमा रहेको प्रवेशद्वारबाट दूतावासकै गाडी प्रयोग गरेर निक्लिएका थिए। उनीहरू चार समूहमा बाँढिएर पोर्चुगलतर्फ लागेका थिए। यो पनि पढ्नुहोस् उक्त समूहबारे के थाहा छ? फ्री जोसनको नाम बाट समेत परिचित छोलिमा सिभिल डिफेन्स (सीडीसी) उत्तर कोरियामा किम वंशको शासन अन्त्य गर्न चाहन्छ। किमका भतिजा किम ह्यान-सोललाई मकाऊबाट भगाउन सफल भएको श्रेयसँगै सीडीसीले ठूलो चर्चा पाएको थियो। सन् २०१७ मा उत्तर कोरियाली शासक किमका सौतिनी दाजु किम जङ-नामको मलेशियाको विमानस्थलमा हत्या गरिएको थियो। आफ्नो बुवाको हत्यापछि उत्तर कोरियाबाहिर बस्दै आएका ह्यान-सोलले आफू उत्तर कोरिया फर्कन चाहेक बताएका छन्। उनले किमलाई 'तानाशाह' को संज्ञा दिएका छन्।