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By Chyung Eun-ju, Park Si-soo
An official of the Ministry of Unification that manages inter-Korean relations was accused of selling classified information about North Korean defectors here, police said Sunday.
The official is suspected of having sold personal information of 48 defectors, including their home addresses and phone numbers, to a "broker" who helped them escape from the reclusive state between 2012 and 2015 for 14.7 million won ($13,000).
The broker, a North Korean defector surnamed Bae, is said to have sought the information to receive "unpaid fees" from the defectors.
An investigation is under way to find out whether the broker handed over the information to the North.
