In May 2001, Kim was arrested in Japan on arrival at Narita National Airport accompanied by two women and a four-year-old boy identified as his son. He was travelling on a forged Dominican Republic passport using a Chinese alias, Pang Xiong.After being detained he was deported to China, where he said he was travelling to Japan to visit Tokyo disneyland The incident caused his father to cancel a planned visit to China due to the embarrassment it caused him.