これこそ大ニュ〜〜ス　朴東宣、米国で逮捕

　⇒South Korean Tongsun Park Seized in Oil-For-Food Case

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean businessman Tongsun Park was arrested today in Houston on charges that he worked as an unregistered agent for Iraq in the United Nations oil-for-food program and received millions of dollars for his efforts.
　
Park, then in South Korea, was charged in a criminal complaint in April and had not appeared in New York federal court to defend himself. Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed new charges against him today after his arrest.
　
``Saddam Hussein's government paid off Tongsun Park to corrupt the oil-for-food program from its inception,'' U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said in a statement. ``Park's arrest is an important step in the federal government's efforts to bring to justice those who broke the U.S. law in undermining the humanitarian purpose of that program.''

　⇒Korean arrested on oil-for-food scandal charges - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com

His first court appearance was scheduled for Monday in federal court in Houston. A lawyer for Park did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment.