Korean Australian man pleads guilty to breaching UN sanctions on North Korea

An Australian man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempting to broker weapons and commodities deals with North Korea, contravening United Nations sanctions.

 Choi  is led away by federal police after being arrested in 2017

Korean Australian 'Choi' was arrested in Eastwood, Sydney by the Federal Police in December 2017. Source: Australian Federal Police

Chan Han Choi, 62, was in 2017 charged with seven offences

including allegations he sought to help provide North Korea with

weapon sales.

 

Choi had previously denied all charges. But on Wednesday he

pleaded guilty to two charges including brokering a service for

the sale of arms and related materiel from Pyongyang and

attempting to export coal from North Korea to Indonesia.

Choi, a civil engineer born in South Korea, will return to

court on March 19 for sentencing.

 

Cash-strapped North Korea has come under stricter United

Nations sanctions after pressing ahead with its missile and

nuclear programmes in defiance of international pressure.


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