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Norks using Malaysian bank to deal weapons with Myanmar
SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea sought payment through a bank in Malaysia for its suspected shipment of weapons to Myanmar that is being carried on a freighter tracked by the U.S. Navy, a source said Saturday.

The visit by a U.S. envoy to Malaysia this weekend will focus on ways to cut off the payment transaction for the cargo from the bank in Malaysia to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the source said. "Kim will have a hard time collecting his money," the high-level source said, speaking strictly on condition of anonymity. The source declined to identify the bank due to diplomatic concerns.
The freighter will return to North Korea. The weapons will be loaded onto train cars. The train will go through China all the way to Burma. More expensive but no way to track or stop it. Then Kimmie will have to find a way to get his money.
Malaysia is a Muslim country. I'm sure someone there is tied into the Muslim cash transfer system. Getting the money to North Korea is only a matter of Kim Jong-Il saying the Shahida a few times before the appropriate witnesses. Sunni is probably better because its' more widespread, but the Shiites have more formal channels for supporting terror organizations, and North Korea is nothing if not a terror organization masquerading as a country.
Philip Goldberg, the U.S. coordinator for the implementation of a U.N. Security Council resolution that punishes North Korea for its May 25 nuclear test, is scheduled to arrive in Malaysia on Sunday. The visit comes after the White House said late last month that U.S. President Barack Obama discussed North Korea and financial regulations with Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razakon by phone.

It also comes as North Korea's Kang Nam freighter is apparently returning home after being tracked by a U.S. Navy destroyer that suspects it is carrying cargo banned under the resolution. According to another source in Seoul, the Kang Nam is believed to be carrying small Soviet-era arms such as AK-47 rifles and RPG-7 anti-tank launchers. AK-47s and RPG-7s are two of the most widely traded Soviet-era weapon types that North Korea is capable of producing on its own.

"Kim appears to have received earnest money for the shipment, but it is a small sum compared to the payment held up in Malaysia," the source said.

The U.S. believes there are "multiple" North Korean ships used to export weapons.
Posted by: Steve White 2009-07-04
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