SINGAPORE: North Korean officials made a study trip to Singapore's port in a move that 'may have been a sanction violation', according to a report ...
SINGAPORE: North Korean officials made a study trip to Singapore's port in a move that"may have been a sanction violation", according toThe 378-page report, dated Mar 5, detailed the panel's findings related to North Korea sanctions and possible violations. In the report, experts flagged the visit by officials from North Korea’s Nampo port to Singapore.
The UN panel experts said it had sent a letter to Singapore noting the “systemic violations” of the resolutions taking place at Nampo. In the letter, it also mentioned that according to previous reports by the panel, the port was also the site for exporting or importing items that violated measures aimed at stemming nuclear, ballistic missile and other arms-related materials.
“The panel wrote to Singapore and China to request the vehicle identification number records following the temporary transfers of these vehicles, or checks by the Presidential Security Service of the Republic of Korea, the head of which was reported as a passenger in one of the vehicles.” On the issue of the Mercedes-Benz vehicles, MFA said that Singapore had been granted a general exemption by the UN Sanctions Committee from sanctions for activities associated with the summit.
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