N. Korea runs alleged secret prison at Beijing embassy: report
North Korea allegedly runs a secret detention facility in its embassy in China to interrogate and repatriate its nationals deemed threats to the regime, a report said Tuesday. The claim was made in a report titled "North Korea's Transnational Repression: China" released Tuesday by the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), a Seoul-based human rights group. Based on interviews with multiple…
A report released Tuesday by the Transitional Justice Working Group alleges that North Korea operates a secret detention facility within its embassy in Beijing, China. According to the report, the facility, located in the basement of the embassy, is used for the interrogation and repatriation of North Koreans deemed threats to the regime.
The claim is based on interviews with multiple sources, including a former North Korean diplomat. The secret operation, overseen by a security representative holding a consular post, reportedly functions through surveillance, pursuit and arrest, detention and interrogation, and forced repatriation. Cases are reportedly briefed to Pyongyang within 12-24 hours, the report details.
The account comes from Pae Yong-ju, a North Korean hacker who was arrested by Chinese authorities in Inner Mongolia while attempting to flee to South Korea.
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