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Two years later, spy charges against French man with DPRK ties remain unclear

Nov. 2020 marks two years since Benoît Quennedey, a French civil servant, was arrested for espionage

This month marks two years since Benoît Quennedey, a senior civil servant in the French Senate, was arrested for allegedly committing treason by giving Pyongyang sensitive information.

Also president of the French-Korean Friendship Association, Quennedey was booked in Nov. 2018 and hasn’t been heard from much since. 

There’s a lot of mystery around his case: Whatever he’s accused of disclosing to the DPRK is supposedly “likely to harm the interests of the nation,” but few details have emerged from the 96 hours authorities spent questioning him. 

Former member of the Left Radical Party, Quennedey has always advocated in favor