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...firm hand is clearly needed. But even the army, which has taken charge of the country,, is divided by officers' cliques, formed according to military academy classes, regional derivation and family ties. The powerful South Korean Central Intelligence Agency (secret police) headed by lean, tough Colonel Kim Chong Pil, 35, who is married to General Park's niece, wields almost limitless authority, can toss almost anyone in jail for almost anything...
Whatever happens, the millionaires do not call the cops. Last April, after Biscuit King Lee Gee Chong was snatched from his limousine only 100 yards from his home, the family called in the police and then missed the rendezvous with the gang; Lee's wire-trussed body turned up a few days later in a Chinese cemetery. Since then, probably twice as many kidnapings have actually taken place as have been reported...
Nine years ago, at the height of the Korean war, the local South Korean army commander Colonel Kim Chong Won suspected Shinwon of secretly supplying Communist guerrillas. He rounded up 600 villagers in the schoolhouse. screened out friends and relations of his soldiers, then shot the rest-men, women and children. The victims were buried in a mass unmarked grave...
...disgruntled president of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, wrote a "secret" letter to the Tengku (which was soon leaked), demanding 40 seats. Answered the Prince angrily: "Your action in presenting me with an ultimatum at this late hour is really a stab in the back...
...CHONG...