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| Defence Minister Hyon Yong-Chol (right) pictured with Kim Jong Un (Picture: AFP) |
South Korea’s spy agency, the original source, clarified
that it had not been able to verify whether Defence Minister Hyon Yong-Chol had
been put to death.
The National Intelligence Service said he had been purged
and may have been executed using an anti-aircraft gun.
But today it stressed that his execution had never been
confirmed.
‘Hyon has been purged,’ an NIS spokesman said. ‘And there
are intelligence reports that he might have been executed, but this has not yet
been verified.
The confusion is partly the result of the way NIS briefings
to parliament are carried out and reported.
They take place behind closed doors, after which selected
lawmakers pass on the information to the South Korean media – resulting in
several degrees of separation between the original NIS briefing and the
resulting headlines.
According to the lawmakers, the NIS said Hyon was purged for
disloyalty and dozing off during official events presided over by leader Kim
Jong-Un
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