S. Korean diplomat dies after eating sandwich in China

BEIJING - A HIGH-RANKING South Korean diplomat has died in China after eating a sandwich, a South Korean official in China and a Seoul-based newspaper said on Tuesday.

Mr Whang Joung Il, 52, the South Korean envoy of political affairs, suffered severe stomach ache and diarrhoea after eating the sandwich from a shop near his office in Beijing Saturday evening, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported.

The South Korean embassy confirmed that Whang died Sunday morning after receiving treatment in a hospital in downtown Beijing.

'Autopsy was conducted yesterday in the Third Hospital of Beijing and the result will come out in a month,' said an official, who declined to be named.

Mr Whang's death comes amid a series of scandals throwing doubt on the safety of food products made in China. -- AFP

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