Confidential data on a Defense Agency surface-to-air missile system may have been leaked to a group affiliated with the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun) in 1995, the Defense Agency said Tuesday.
Police reportedly obtained documents with the leaked data in a raid on the Science Technology Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Kwahyop), Chongryun's umbrella group, on a separate charge in October.
If the report proves correct, it is possible the data, which included figures on SAM capabilities, may have been handed over to North Korea. The data were marked "confidential" -- the lowest of the agency's three secrecy levels.