Merkel spy uncovered
A MAN who worked in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s press office is suspected of having spied for Egypt, a government report released on Friday (AEST) claims.
Police carried out “executive measures” against the man in December after he was found to have “worked for years for an Egyptian intelligence service”, the report says.
It also reveals that the main tasks of Egyptian secret service agents operating in Germany include gathering information about members of religious groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
PARK Won-soon, the powerful and outspoken mayor of Seoul and a potential South Korean presidential candidate, was found dead on Friday after a suspected suicide. He was 64.
Mr Park’s body was found on a mountain north of the city, police said, after his family had reported him missing, sparking a frantic search by hundreds of officers.
Police said no suicide note was found, but Yonhap news agency reported that he was “presumed to have taken his own life”.
A former Seoul City employee had filed a police complaint against him, allegedly involving sexual harassment. Mr Park’s daughter contacted police on Thursday, saying her father had been unreachable. He left a message that sounded like “last words” and his phone had been turned off, she said.
A leading figure in the country’s ruling Democratic party, Mr Park was a favoured candidate to succeed President Moon Jae-in. He did not deny his presidential ambitions in an interview earlier this year.