North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his father, Kim Jong-il, used fake Brazilian passports to obtain entry visas and visit Western countries in the XNUMXs, according to five anonymous European security sources cited in the South Korean press, who also publishes some photos of the fake passports first released by the news agency "Reuters".
"They used these Brazilian passports, which clearly show the photographs of Kim Jong-un and Kim Jong-il, to try to obtain visas from foreign embassies," explained one of the anonymous sources. According to sources, the photographs "demonstrate the desire to travel of the family in power in North Korea and their attempts to secure a possible escape route". The North Korean embassy in Brazil did not comment on the revelations, while the Brazilian Foreign Ministry announced that it had opened an investigation into the matter.
An anonymous Brazilian source reported that the two passports were legitimate documents sent blank to consulates for issue. Four other Western European security sources confirmed that passports bearing photos of the two North Korean leaders - who are identified in the two documents as "Josef Pwang" and "Ijong Tchoi" - were used in the XNUMXs to apply for visas. entry into at least two Western countries.
Passports may have also been used to travel to Brazil, Japan and Hong Kong. In the 2011 the Japanese newspaper "Yomiuri" reported that Kim Jong-un visited Tokyo in the 1991 with a Brazilian passport, which however would not be the same document covered by the latest rumors. (Nova)
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