SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Pakistani man who claimed to be an agent of the armed insurgent group Taliban has been caught by local police, raising concern here over the country's immigration control, local media reported Friday.
The Pakistani, whose name has not been revealed, was arrested for violating the immigration control law by making illegal entry and exit 17 times over five years while carrying another Pakistani national's passport, according to Yonhap News Agency.
He is said to have told the police that he came to South Korea to gather information on U.S. military bases here at the instruction of Taliban leaders, and that he posed as a Muslim cleric.
His claims have yet to be proven, but local media here say the case, if confirmed, raises serious security concerns ahead of the G20 summit among the world's major economies, to which South Korea plays host.
Officials in charge of the case were not immediately reachable.
