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The public execution on August 30 was described to Radio Free Asia (RFA) by a resident of Hyeson, on the border with South Korea.
According to the witness, before the execution, military officials conducted an hour-long trial before a special military court and revealed the details of each man’s crimes.
“Then seven men and two women were tied to wooden poles,” said a resident. “They were shot for killing and selling more than 2,100 state cows from 2017 to February this year.”
“The military is rounding up everyone in the area.”
According to witnesses, those executed included the head of the Riangang Provincial Livestock Quarantine Station, a salesman from the Provincial Trade Management Office, a farm official, a restaurant manager in Pyongyang and a young student. A security checkpoint on the road to Pyongyang. It is said to have distributed the meat to markets and businesses, including a restaurant in the capital, Pyongyang.
The RFA reminds us that whenever a public execution takes place, the government usually requires all residents of the area to be witnesses.
It was the same last Wednesday – residents report – factories, farms and markets in Hyson were closed and “everyone between the ages of 17 and 60 who can walk” was ordered to participate.
“There were enough people to fill the entire mountain range,” a source told RFA, putting the number at 25,000. The crowd was surrounded by police, soldiers and security forces.
A 2021 report by the Transnational Justice Task Force, a South Korean organization, since the government came to power Kim Jong Un has been publicly executed at least 27 times by 2018.
The RFA also reminds us of the many executions carried out in recent years on those accused of distributing South Korean films or religious practices.
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