The arrested North Koreans would have confessed to killing 16 crew members of the ship from which they later fled to South Korea. | Font: EFE
On Monday, the South Korean government released a video of local officials broadcasting two North Korean sailors who defected to the South after allegedly killing some of the crew they were working with, a controversial case due to criticism of the speed with which the repatriation was carried out.
A video about four minutes long released by the Ministry of Unification (responsible for relations with the North) shows the delivery of two North Korean fishermen who arrived by sea in the Southern Territory in November 2019.
The video shows how one of the sailors resists, and he has to be torn off the ground and dragged through the water. Military Demarcation Line (MDL)which separates the South Korean edge from the North Korean edge in the JSA.
The JSA, also known as the village of Panmunjom, is located in the heart of the militarized inter-Korean border and has been the scene of high-level meetings between the leaders of both countries, as well as meetings between North Korean Marshal Kim Jong-un. and former US President Donald Trump.
Criticism of returning to North Korea
Two fishermen were repatriated just five days after they were arrested by South Korean authorities after they confessed to allegedly killing 16 other colleagues they were fishing with before fleeing from North Korea.
Whereas any deserter must be investigated by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) upon arrival in the South for at least 15 days, the speed with which they were transferred to a neighboring country where there are no guarantees of the rule of law, he unleashed harsh criticism of the previous the liberal government of Moon Jae-in, which was in power when the case took place.
The then director of (NIS) Seo Hoon is under investigation by prosecutors following a recent complaint from the agency itself, which believes that Soo allegedly expedited the repatriation, which Pyongyang he did not ask, apparently so as not to anger the North Korean regime at a time when bilateral dialogue was reaching an impasse.
South Korea’s current president, conservative Yoon Suk-yeol, has vowed that the administration will be transparent in its investigation of what the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) called “an outrageous and inexcusable violation of human rights.”
Both Korea technically they are still at war as the conflict between them between 1950 and 1953 ended in a ceasefire instead of a peace treaty. EFE
Source: RPP
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