|
Laos Deports NorK Defectors to China
Laos has sent back to China nine North Koreans who fled their impoverished homeland. The deportation raises fears the defectors may be repatriated by Beijing to North Korea, where they are likely to face harsh punishment.A South Korean source who works with defectors and who had been in contact with the nine North Koreans confirmed to VOA they were flown from the Laotian capital, Vientiane, to Kunming in southwest China on Monday. South Korea's Yonhap news agency earlier reported on the defectors, who it said were 15 to 23 years old. Quoting an anonymous South Korean foreign ministry official, the report said Laos "unexpectedly" rejected the South's plea to send them to Seoul.
Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-29 |
|
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=369230 |