North Korean Defector Holds Hunger Strike to Protest China`s Repatriations
[www.ntdtv.com 2012-04-05 23:55]
Category: World > Asia Pacific Embed:Facebook Twitter Digg Delicious Email [Chunseong Kim, North Korean Defector]:
“I’m a North Korean defector, my name is Chungseong Kim and I`m living in South Korea as a singer and a missionary.”
[Eunji Lee, NTD Reporter]:
“Why are you protesting here, and on a hunger strike?”
[Chunseong Kim, North Korean Defector]:
“The Chinese communist regime and North Korea have an agreement to repatriate North Korean defectors. Both nations benefit from this contract. North Korean defectors are seeking freedom. They risk torture and death to escape, arrive in China starving, and are then caught by the Chinese government and sent back to North Korea. So that is why I’m here. To stop their deaths.”
[Chunseong Kim, North Korean Defector]:
“The Chinese regime’s behavior is like someone pushing a young child into a lion’s cave. Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, is not only killing defectors, but all of their family members, for three generations. We are opposing Kim Jong-un’s dictatorship and are urging the Chinese communist regime to protect the human rights of the North Korean defectors.”
[Chunseong Kim, North Korean Defector]:
“I was going to be executed the next day [in North Korea], in 24 hours. So for 13 hours I filed and broke through the iron bars of the jail window. I escaped from North Korea to Mainland China by swimming through the Yalu River.”
[Chunseong Kim, North Korean Defector]:
“The Chinese Communist regime has to improve human rights as well as their economy and politics. In the future, I believe the best country will no longer be the richest or the most powerful. The country that most considers human rights will be the greatest leader out of all the countries in the world.”
[Chunseong Kim, North Korean Defector]:
“In North Korea, Kim Jong-un will a shoot a missile on April 12th. With $800 million, they can buy North Korea’s food for 4 or 5 years. With one hand, they are taking food aid but with the other, they are preparing to launch a missile. I think the international society has to rethink their position on North Korea. Don’t let your diplomatic relationships be tarnished by North Korea. Look at America’s ‘North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004.”