Korea - Two reporters from a local news agency were taken into custody on suspicion of attempting to eavesdrop on a meeting convened by the national police chief, investigators said yesterday.
According to police, the journalists installed a small recorder at a restaurant in Suwon, some 46 kilometers (29 miles) south of Seoul, where National Police Agency Commissioner Kang Hee-rak was hosting a dinner with senior police officers. (more)
UPDATE - The Gyeonggi Police Agency said the reporters from Asia News Agency installed an MP3 player with recording function on the ceiling of a restaurant in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, where National Police Agency Commissioner Kang Hee-rak was hosting a banquet Thursday for nearly 40 senior police officers in the province.
The event was held after Kang's regular inspection of police stations there, police said.
Choi Won-il, who was at the banquet, said, "At around 8:20, a restaurant employee informed me that a couple of people with suspicious gadgets had dropped by the restaurant before the dinner began."
Choi and restaurant employees searched the venue and found a recorder attached to the ceiling.
Police found a picture of one of the reporters saved on the gadget. During questioning, the journalist confessed to having installed the recorder with two other colleagues. (more)
