France - A former senior spy accused of revealing French state secrets and the identities of fellow operatives in his recently-released memoir was being questioned by French police today. Defence Minister Herve Morin filed a complaint against Pierre Siramy, whose real name is Maurice Dufresne, author of "25 Years in the Secret Services," released in April. (more)
S. Korea - South Korea's military on Wednesday sought an arrest warrant for a two-star army general accused of leaking the country's war plan and other secrets to North Korea, a news report said. The Defence Security Command asked military prosecutors to arrest the major-general identified only as Kim for leaking classified information, Yonhap news agency said. (more)
India - The army has started probing the charges of espionage against an army officer posted in Andaman and Nicobar. He is being suspected of spying for Pakistan. About a month ago, when reports emerged that a major in Port Blair was caught spying for Pakistan, the army had dismissed it saying that his computer had been hacked by an external agency. But the government is now expecting to unearth a much larger spy network embedded in the military. (more)
Afghanistan - Suspected Taliban militants executed a seven-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan after accusing him of spying for the government, a provincial official said Wednesday. The child was captured by the militants in Sangin district of southern province of Helmand Tuesday, Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said. "The militants killed the seven-year-old boy in Heratiyan village of the district, on charges of espionage for Afghan government," Ahmadi said, citing information provided to police by relatives. (more)
