 Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's fourth wife Kim Ok was purged and sent to a prison camp less than a year after her stepson Suet Face Kim Jong-un took power, Radio Free Asia reported Tuesday. A Chinese businessman who visited Pyongyang recently told the radio station he heard from a senior Workers Party official that Kim Ok (52) had been sent off to a camp for political prisoners with her parents and siblings.
The last straw was apparently the arrogant attitude of her younger brother Kim Kyun.
"Kim Kyun acted high-handedly and tyrannically as his sister was Kim Jong-il's favorite after Fat Boy Kim Jong-un's mother Ko Yong-hui died in 2004," RFA said.
Kim Kyun was appointed first vice president of Kim Il-sung University in February 2011 but abruptly resigned from his post in October 2013.
Quoting another source, RFA said Kim Ok was always bound to be purged after Pudgy Kim Jong-un took power, given that Kim Jong-il also disappeared his father Kim Il-sung's second wife when the nation founder died in 1994.
His Corpulenceness Kim Jong-un had no reason to protect Kim Ok, who he may have felt took his mother’s place, a source said.
Kim Ok studied piano at Pyongyang University of Music and Dance and became a secretary to Kim Jong-il in 1980. She was seen on several occasions with the creepy Kim Jong-un until October 2012 but then disappeared from the radar. |