Former South Korean Security Adviser Arrested Over North Korea’s Killing of Fishery Official in 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) shakes hands with Suh-hoon, South Korea's chief of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on April 27, 2018. Korea Summit Press Pool/via Reuters

South Korea’s former national security adviser was arrested on Saturday in connection with North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fishery official in 2020, for which the former Moon Jae-in administration was suspected of covering up evidence.

The Seoul Central District Court said it issued an arrest warrant for former national security adviser Suh Hoon due to concerns that Suh may attempt to destroy evidence, Yonhap News Agency reported.