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NIS agent brought to justice

Date: 02/06/2014 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source



The DPRK Supreme Court on May 30 put on trial Kim Jong Uk, a south Korean National Intelligence Service agent who was arrested while attempting to infiltrate into Pyongyang to conduct anti-DPRK hostilities after having crossed the border illegally.

The trial was attended by people from all walks of life as observers.

An indictment which was submitted reviewed and confirmed the case records and facts of crimes of Kim Jong Uk, who was accused of conspiracy to overthrow the state, espionage, anti-state propaganda and agitation and illegal border crossing by articles 60, 64, 62 and 221 of the DPRK criminal law, and there was an arraignment of the charges.

During the arraignment the accused pleaded guilty of all crimes that he had committed: he viciously slandered the supreme dignity of the DPRK, committed anti-DPRK religious activities, lured the northerners into south Korea and conducted espionage against the DPRK abroad. And he tried to infiltrate into Pyongyang after crossing the border illegally in a bid to build an underground church and gather intelligence about the internal situation of the north.

Witnesses then gave testimonies.

An expert produced proofs including Bible, flash memory, pornographic videos and spying devices the accused had brought with him to use for criminal actions.

The prosecutor argued that as the defendant had gravely violated the socialist system, state security and border traffic order of the DPRK, he deserves a severe punishment under the DPRK law, suggesting to the court that he should be sentenced to death.

Saying his criminal acts and the consequences were very grave, the defence asked the court to commute the death penalty suggested by the plaintiff as he sincerely repented and apologized for his crimes and helped handicapped northerners in the past and he is a compatriot and in the hope of making him have a more heartfelt remorse for his crimes while seeing for himself the reality of the prospering socialist country.

The court sentenced him to life compulsory labour.

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