North Korea claims armed Pak officials beat diplomat, wife

North Korea's embassy in Pakistan has accused the country's tax authorities of assaulting a diplomat and his wife, claiming armed officials broke into their Karachi home and held guns to their heads, an official confirmed yesterday.

The written complaint, seen by AFP and addressed to the chief of Pakistan's Excise and Taxation department, demands action against the officials and warns the incident could seriously impact diplomatic relations.

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It said at least 10 armed men from the department burst into the diplomat's Karachi home on April 9 and attacked him and his wife, dragging her by the hair and hitting them both in the face before aiming guns at the couple.

They also shot at photographs of the couple, the letter alleges.

"This is a very serious issue and we have set up a high-powered investigating team to probe into the allegations framed by the Korean embassy," Shoaib Siddiqui, chief of the department told AFP.