更新時間 2010年 2月 11日, 格林尼治標準時間10:21
泰國檢察官放棄對被截獲貨機機組人員的起訴。泰國當局在曼谷機場發現這架貨機載有多噸朝鮮的武器。
貨機機組人員包括4名哈薩克人和一名白俄羅斯人，他們將被遣返回自己國家接受審判。這些人說，對機上的貨物並不知情。這些武器中有火箭榴彈，炸藥和導彈部件。
飛機來自朝鮮。朝鮮目前正受到武器禁運的制裁。記者說，還不清楚這架貨機的目的地是哪裏。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2010/02/100211_brief_thailand_weapons.shtml
Thai authorities were acting on a tip from the United States when they seized tons of illicit weapons from a plane from North Korea. 泰國：美國俾料 引導扣押北韓來的軍火
Thais: U.S. tip led to seizure of arms from North Korea
Today at 16:59 Associated Press
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities were acting on a tip from the United States when they seized tons of illicit weapons from a plane from North Korea, a senior official said Dec. 17.
The Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane was impounded Saturday in Bangkok during what officials said was a scheduled refueling stop. Thai authorities found a reported 35 tons of weaponry aboard it, all exported from North Korea in defiance of U.N. sanctions.
Speaking at a news conference, National Security Council chief Thawil Pliensri confirmed media reports that there had been U.S. assistance in the seizure, but gave no details.
He said that Thailand was waiting for advice from the United Nations on whether the weapons should be destroyed.
The U.N. sanctions — which ban North Korea from exporting any arms — were imposed in June after the reclusive communist regime conducted a nuclear test and test-fired missiles. They are aimed at derailing North Korea's nuclear weapons program, but also ban it from selling any conventional arms.
Thawil revealed little else new at his news conference, which seemed aimed at quashing some rumors. He denied that Thailand would receive a reward or bounty for the seizure, or that it was pressured to act, saying it took action "as a member of the world community."
He added, however, that Thailand would like to be compensated if possible by the U.N. for the cost of transporting the weapons, which were taken to an Air Force base in the nearby province of Nakhon Sawan.
It is still not known where the weapons — said to include explosives, rocket-propelled grenades, components for surface-to-air missiles and other armaments — were to be delivered. The plane's papers, which described its cargo as oil-drilling machinery, said the shipment was to be delivered to Sri Lanka.
Arms trade experts have speculated that the cargo may have been destined for conflict zones in Africa, Iran or Myanmar.
The crew — four from Kazakhstan and one from Belarus — have been jailed on illegal arms possession charges.
The wife of Mikail Petukhov — the Belarussian identified in Thai court documents — said he had served in the Soviet military and afterward took whatever job he could find. Vera Petukhova said her husband never knows who he'll be working with before going out on a job. A friend of Petukhov, 54, added that he also never knows what he'll be transporting.
"All the containers are sealed, and the captain only gets the printout of what is supposed to be inside them. But what's inside, that's a question for the people who load it onto the plane at the pick-up point," said Vladimir Migol, who also served in the Soviet air force and noted that many ex-service men struggled to find work after being discharged. Migol said while crew members such as Petukhov would never knowingly transport weapons, they are all aware of the risk but are usually desperate for jobs.
The plane was registered to Air West, a cargo transport company in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said this week that the plane was leased to New Zealand company SP Trading Ltd.
Authorities in New Zealand are investigating, a spokesman for its Foreign Ministry, James Funnell said Thursday.
"We have always been staunch supporters of the sanctions regime imposed against North Korea," Funnell told The Associated Press. "So we're very concerned by these allegations and are inquiring into them."
SP Trading is listed in the government's register of companies as having offices in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, which names Lu Zhang as its director. The company's shares are held by nominee company VICAM (Auckland) Ltd. Listed phone numbers rang unanswered on Thursday.
Impoverished North Korea is believed to earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year by selling missiles, missile parts and other weapons to countries such as Iran, Syria and Myanmar.
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/world/detail/55360/
The Alfa special unit of the Ukrainian Security Service was ready to stop the Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft carrying weapons, if it had landed at Kyiv airport烏克蘭安全局的阿爾法特別小組，是準備截停攜帶武器的伊爾76型飛機，如果它降落在基輔機場
烏克蘭安全局對裝滿武器飛機曾收到風
Ukrainian Security Service was tipped off about aircraft laden with arms
Today at 20:55 Interfax-Ukraine
The Alfa special unit of the Ukrainian Security Service was ready to stop the Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft carrying weapons, if it had landed at Kyiv airport.
"It is true that the Ukrainian Security Service knew that a plane with weapons onboard intended to land for refueling in Ukraine. We had been warned by our partners in the foreign special services. Alfa unit members were at the airport in full combat order ready to stop the plane, if it had arrived," the press center of the service told Interfax on Wednesday.
A press officer said that in this case the Ukrainian special service would have played only an auxiliary role.
He did not specify what country was supposed to become the destination of the aircraft.
The Il-76 was detained at Bangkok airport on December 12 loaded with hand grenade-launchers and man-portable air defense systems.
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/55285/
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