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| South Korean official arrested over alleged leak about ‘nut rage’ executive | |
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| South Korean prosecutors have arrested a government official who allegedly leaked information about an investigation into former Korean Air Lines executive Cho Hyun-ah, who forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts. | South Korean prosecutors have arrested a government official who allegedly leaked information about an investigation into former Korean Air Lines executive Cho Hyun-ah, who forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts. |
| Prosecutors say the transport ministry official was sent to a Seoul detention facility on Friday after a court issued a warrant for his arrest. | Prosecutors say the transport ministry official was sent to a Seoul detention facility on Friday after a court issued a warrant for his arrest. |
| The official was suspected of providing the information to a current airline executive who allegedly tried to cover up the incident. | The official was suspected of providing the information to a current airline executive who allegedly tried to cover up the incident. |
| Cho resigned as vice-president at the airline earlier this month amid public criticism that she forced a plane bound for South Korea from the US on 5 December to return to a gate and kicked off a flight attendant because the nuts were served in a bag, not on a plate. |