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Three South Korean spies broke into a downtown Seoul hotel room occupied by a delegation of Indonesian presidential envoys last week, apparently seeking secrets about a potential defense contract, a newspaper said Monday. Upon being confronted by a member of the Indonesian delegation, the three left. They were found looking at files on a laptop computer belonging to the Indonesians, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported. "National Intelligence Service employees were looking to identify the Indonesian delegation's negotiating strategy with a view on our national interest," a senior South Korean official was quoted as saying by the Chosun Ilbo. However, the National Intelligence Service flatly denied the report. South Korea has been aiming to secure a contract to supply trainer fighter jets to Indonesia, the newspaper said. Indonesia's foreign ministry confirmed that there had been a break-in, and that a laptop had been stolen, but said it was returned 20 minutes later and played down the incident. "The laptop belonged to a staff member, not a high-ranking official," spokesman Michael Tene told Reuters in Jakarta. A government source also told Reuters that the staff member at hand worked in the trade ministry. Reuters |
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