A senior Senate official was arrested on Sunday, November 25. He is suspected of spying for North Korea.

A Senate official was arrested by intelligence services on Sunday for suspicion of spying for North Korea, a source close to the case said on Monday (November 26th). .

The man was taken into custody in an investigation opened in March by the Paris prosecutor for "collection and delivery of information to a foreign power likely to undermine the fundamental interests of the Nation," said a judicial source, adding that the Directorate General of Internal Security (DSGI) was in charge of the investigation.