Lefortovo detention facility in Moscow, Russia (Yonhap)
A Russian court docket has renewed the detention interval of a South Korean nationwide arrested in Moscow on suspected espionage prices for an additional month till mid-November, Russian media reported Tuesday.
The Moscow court docket made the choice on the South Korean, surnamed Baek, because it turned down Baek’s enchantment in opposition to an earlier court docket resolution in June that prolonged his detention for 3 months till September, the TASS and Rio Novosti information businesses reported.
Baek has been held within the Lefortovo detention facility within the Russian capital since late February, after he was arrested on prices that he handed over categorised info to overseas intelligence businesses.
Baek, a missionary with a South Korean Christian help group named the International Love Rice Sharing Basis, was working in Vladivostok on the time of the arrest, principally engaged in serving to North Korean defectors flee and offering them with different help.
The court docket has prolonged Baek’s detention interval twice. Baek will now stay in custody till Nov. 15.
The South Korean authorities has been in talks with the Russians over Baek’s detention.
Russia has not offered particulars about Baek’s spying prices and why he was arrested. The help group claims Baek has been wrongfully accused. (Yonhap)
