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Korean War POW Arresting Trying to Leave China
This shows what a bunch of really despicable bastards South Koreans areThe Chinese police have arrested a North Korean couple that was attempted to escape to a third country from China. Jeon Yong-il, 72, a South Korean soldier captured by the North during the Korean War, and his wife Choi Eun-hee, 68, are currently being held in custody by the Chinese police, said Kim Mi-hwa, a relative of Jeon who defected to South Korea. Kim said Monday that Jeon and his wife escaped from North Hamgyeong Province in North Korea last June and had been hiding in China. The couple sought refugee at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing on September 15, but were rejected. âThe embassy official told them that heâd see them in two weeks, but when they returned after two weeks he refused to meet them,â Kim said. The couple was arrested during their attempt to flee with the help of local residents to another country. According to Kim, Jeon enlisted in June 1951, during the Korean War, and was taken prisoner in July 1953 by North Korea while serving in the South Korean army. Jeonâs four brothers still live in Yeongcheon-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, thinking until recently that they had lost their brother during the war. The Ministry of National Defense announced that Jeonâs name was missing from the list of 1,186 South Korean soldiers who were verified to have been abducted during the war. A member of the National Memorial Board said that Jeon was included in the list of the deceased for September 1951, and his rank was private first class. Posted by: Michael 2003-11-17 |
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