New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
11 November 2020
195 Lambton Quay
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
Jungdong Keun
T +64 4 439 8000
[FYI request #13997 email]
F +64 4 472 9596
Ref. OIA 27148
Dear Jungdong Keun
I refer to your email of 17 October 2020 in which you request the following under the
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
“I make official information act request for all information held by the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand related to the sexual assault charges and
arrest warrants issued for Mr Hong-kon Kim the Deputy Ambassador at the Embassy
of the Republic of Korea in Wellington.
This request please include all communication between the Korean Government and
the New Zealand Government and all advice given to the Embassy and New Zealand
Ministers.”
On 23 October 2020, I wrote to you requesting confirmation of your eligibility to make a
request under the OIA, but have received no response. Unfortunately we are unable to
process your OIA request as you do not satisfy the eligibility criteria as per section 12(1) of
New Zealand’s Official Information Act 1982. If you can confirm eligibility at some point, we
will treat that as a fresh OIA request.
You have the right under section 28(3) of the OIA to seek a review of this response by the
Ombudsman.
Yours sincerely
Julie-Anne Lee
for Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
e [MFAT request email]
w www.mfat.govt.nz