:00:28. > :00:36.From here in the world's newsroom we send out correspondence to bring you
:00:36. > :00:46.the best stories. The fake bomb detectors that led to
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:00:51. > :00:57.misery and mayhem will stop - - misery and mayhem. He bought them
:00:57. > :01:06.for $20 each. He put his own labels on them and sold them as bomb
:01:06. > :01:16.detectors for $5,000 a time. Rupert Wingfield Hayes meets the North
:01:16. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:26.Korean agents convicted of blowing up a South Korean airliner.
:01:26. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:32.Why is tolerance less open? You can get jailed for up to two
:01:32. > :01:36.years. It is a British legacy still found in other former colonies.
:01:36. > :01:42.First we have a report on cynicism and fraud on a scale that caused
:01:42. > :01:51.tragedy will stop what started life as a novelty golfball finder ended
:01:51. > :01:56.up taking the life of hundreds. A British businessman convinced
:01:56. > :02:06.governments in some of the most volatile countries in the world that
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:02:06. > :02:11.it was a bomb detector. This week a man was convicted of fraud. The man
:02:11. > :02:21.claimed they could also be checked drunks and ivory. His biggest market
:02:21. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:33.was in Iraq. - - drags and ivory. - - drags.
:02:33. > :02:43.This is how the bogus bomb detector was advertised. The claims were not
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:02:48. > :02:57.backed by science. This businessman became extremely wealthy. He had
:02:58. > :03:03.houses in Florida and Cyprus. Iraq, a country where bombs are correct,
:03:03. > :03:11.was the main market for his fake detectors. He sold thousands of fake
:03:11. > :03:18.detectors to the Iraqi government. He has sold this device for ten
:03:18. > :03:25.years in countries that have problems with terrorism and
:03:25. > :03:33.explosions. He has paid no heed to the people that stood on security
:03:33. > :03:40.checkpoints believing this device worked. He went to Baghdad to
:03:40. > :03:49.persuade the Iraqis that the device worked. I said if this does not work
:03:49. > :03:57.I cannot be any part of it. He said it does what it is designed to do.
:03:57. > :04:04.He said it makes money. He began with a novelty golfball finder. It
:04:04. > :04:09.was just an aerial on a hinge. He bought hundreds of them. He put his
:04:09. > :04:18.only able on them. He sold them as on detectors for as much as $5,000
:04:18. > :04:23.each. He made a more advanced looking version. Police say the only
:04:23. > :04:31.genuine part of it was the case. This person has come to Jordan for
:04:31. > :04:36.treatment after suffering from a bomb blast. She lost her baby and
:04:36. > :04:44.her husband divorced her because of her injuries. How do you feel about
:04:44. > :04:49.the man who sold these devices? has no conscience. How could he
:04:49. > :04:56.destroy other people's lives? The businessman left the court and
:04:56. > :05:06.repentant. You defied the laws of physics. How
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:05:07. > :05:11.can you still defend it? The Iraqis are still using it across Baghdad.
:05:11. > :05:15.The man who sold it will be sentenced next week.
:05:15. > :05:25.It is not easy to get an insight into how the North Korean regime
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:05:31. > :05:37.works. But one person with first-hand experience is a former
:05:37. > :05:43.agent who was convicted of blowing up an aeroplane in 1987. After being
:05:43. > :05:52.pardoned she now lives in seclusion in South Korea. She has given a rare
:05:52. > :05:55.interview to our correspondence. These delays are of the young Korean
:05:55. > :06:02.sailors who were killed three years ago when their vessel was blown up
:06:02. > :06:06.by a North Korean torpedo. It was just one of the latest in a long
:06:06. > :06:13.line of attacks by North Korea on South Korean targets. I had been to
:06:13. > :06:21.talk to a woman who carried out one of the most intravenous attack will
:06:21. > :06:28.stop - - one of the most infamous attacks. I was told to take down a
:06:28. > :06:38.South Korean airliner. I was tall and with create chaos and confusion.
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:06:39. > :06:43.The mission would strike a blow for the revolution. In North Korea
:06:43. > :06:48.everything is about the kingdom. Without you say so nothing can
:06:48. > :06:54.happen. We were told we were contributing to bringing about the
:06:54. > :07:04.unification of Korea. How do you deal with your personal feelings of
:07:04. > :07:05.
:07:05. > :07:10.guilt? When I confessed I did so reluctantly. I felt my family would
:07:10. > :07:18.be in danger. It was a big decision to confess. That I began to realise
:07:18. > :07:23.it would be the right thing to do for that at them is. - - for the
:07:23. > :07:33.victims. Eventually I met with the vet and is families. They were all
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:07:39. > :07:43.in tears. - - the victims families. How do you feel now? There is no
:07:43. > :07:51.other country like North Korea. People outside cannot understand
:07:51. > :07:57.that. The whole country is set to show loyalty to the dynasty. People
:07:57. > :08:04.are indoctrinated. There are no freedoms. When I look back it makes
:08:04. > :08:11.me feel sad. Why did I have to be born in North Korea? Look at what it
:08:11. > :08:16.did to me. Gay marriage became legal in France
:08:16. > :08:20.this week. New Zealand passed a similar law the week before. Many
:08:20. > :08:30.states in the United States have gone the same way. But in many
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:08:33. > :08:38.countries tolerance is less obvious. Parts of Asia can be quite
:08:38. > :08:48.conservative. Singapore has a law against sex between men. How
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:08:57. > :09:01.strictly is that law enforced? This is Singapore's one and only
:09:01. > :09:09.openly gay public figure. He jokes about having sex with another man at
:09:09. > :09:19.the audience does not always burst into laughter. I had to clear all my
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:09:23. > :09:33.inhibitions. I think there is more tolerance. People understand that
:09:33. > :09:40.people are just bored differently. - - people are just born differently.
:09:40. > :09:49.The public attitude has been changing. Thousands of people gather
:09:49. > :09:55.to support the freedom to love regardless of sexual orientation.
:09:55. > :10:01.There are even some gay clubs. But by law sex between two men is still
:10:01. > :10:08.a criminal act. Despite this law these photos were published earlier
:10:08. > :10:14.this month in a magazine. Media outlets are not allowed to promote
:10:14. > :10:24.homosexual acts, so these publishers publish their magazine only in
:10:24. > :10:32.
:10:32. > :10:38.digital form. Sex and relationships, monogamy, all these things that