South Korea police arrest defector trying to return to the North after 2 years

South Korean police, on September 20, said that y had arrested a defector who was trying to return back to rth Korea after spending two years in South. Defection is a big problem in Korean peninsula with hundreds of people defecating rrn dictatorship to enter South Korea. As per latest statistics, nearly 33, 000 people have defecated to South over past two decades. 

As per local police, unidentified defector had fled to South Korea in 2018 and was suspected of breaking in a military sight in  South Korea’s border town of Cheorwon to head back to rth Korea. Explaining case to reporters, a police official said that man was currently under investigation and police was probing into reason of his crossing from one side to ar. 

Or defection cases

In July this year,  a man successfully defected escalating tensions between twin states. man did so by going through a drain ditch and swimming across Han River to rth. Upon his return back to rth, 24-year-old asked government to probe into security officials guarding border. 

Earlier this year, Thae Yong-ho, who defected to South Korea from rth in 2016, become first-ever defector to win a constituency seat. He was competing as United Future Party’s candidate in Seoul’s much affluent district, Gangnam won by a remarkable 58,4 per cent votes. Yong-ho who was rth Korea's ambassador to UK is highest-ranking official to defecate from Kim Jong Un led nation.

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Yong-ho along with his family had defected in August 2016 saying that he had w become aware of "gruesome realities” of rth. Speaking to a  parliamentary committee, he had highlighted plight of rth Koreans saying that y were living in conditions similar to slavery. Following his escape, rth had accused him of leaking state secrets, child rape and embezzlement of government's money. According to reports, near;y 33, 000 people have defecated to south over past two decades. 

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Im credits: AP