South Korea police raid office of anti-North leafletting activist

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North Korea refugee has been launching leaflets for years, was wanted by South Korean officials for allegedly raising animosities on border

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and leader of an anti-North Korea civic group, speaks as he prepares to release balloons containing leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea, May 5, 2018.South Korea police on Friday raided the office of an activist whose anti-Pyongyang leafletting campaign has intensified tensions with North Korea.

Park, a North Korean refugee who has launched balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea for years, has been at the centre of international media spotlight after North Korea abruptly used his campaign as a justification for a series of provocative steps against South Korea. Among them was blowing up an empty liaison office built by South Korea on the North’s territory.

A police agency official involved in the case said officers also raided the office of Park’s brother, Park Jung-oh, who has floated plastic bottles filled with rice toward North Korea across the sea boundary. The official, who requested anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said police plan to summon Park Jung-oh too.

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