“The international community must condemn North Korea’s atrocities … The truth must be revealed and promises to prevent it from happening again”
Ha Tae-kyung: “North Korea should lift non-military sanctions if it takes proactive human rights measures”
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The bereaved family of the late Lee Dae-jun, a Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries official killed by the North Korean army in the West Sea, visited the United States to find out the truth about the incident and appealed to the community. international to ask for help so that North Korea can be held accountable.
Lee’s older brother Raejin attended the 18th General Assembly of the “North Korean International Parliamentary Union for the Human Rights of Free Migrants” (IPCNKR) held in Washington DC on 15 (local time) by the Rights Commission. North Korean Human Rights (HRNK), an American human rights group from North Korea reported on the case.
“So far, there has been no response from North Korea to a request to find the truth and an on-site investigation,” Lee said.
He appealed for the opportunity to speak at the United Nations to provoke the international community’s attention, then urged a United Nations-wide joint international investigative team to uncover the truth and help North Korea obtain a promise to prevent it from happening again.
Lee Dae-jun was killed by North Korean forces in the West Sea in September 2020.
At the time, the Moon Jae-in government announced that Mr. Lee had been killed while voluntarily defecting to North Korea.
However, after the Yun Seok-yeol government took office, the Ministry of National Defense and the Coast Guard overturned the previous announcement, saying North Korea had not been proven.
Meanwhile, Lee Rae-jin has asked the government to find out the truth and disclose related information, saying there is no reason for his brother to desert to North Korea.
On the 16th, Lee held a press conference in front of the North Korean delegation to the United Nations in New York along with legislator Ha Tae-kyung, head of the Investigation Task Force (TF) of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, which is People’s Power, and has asked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to send a condolence group.
Mr. Lee also told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un: “I ask once again that, with great resolution, we will conduct a joint investigation (acceptance) and send a condolence team.”
The grieving family will hold a funeral for Lee Dae-jun on the 22nd.
On the 17th, Lee will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to meet the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died while being held in North Korea.
After their son died, the Warmbiers sued North Korea for damages and won.
After receiving advice from the Warmbiers on how to hold North Korea accountable, Lee plans to work with them and inform the international community about his brother’s story.
Meanwhile, Ha Tae-kyung, a member of people’s power, who attended the same day in the general assembly of the “International Parliamentary Federation for the Human Rights of Free Immigrants in North Korea” (IPCNKR) suggested that the talks on human rights between the two Koreas and the United States will continue to discuss the issue of human rights in North Korea.
“If North Korea takes proactive steps on human rights issues, I propose boldly lifting non-military sanctions as a result,” he said.
/ yunhap news
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