S. Korean Inhuman Act against DPRK Inhabitants Condemned

Pyongyang, April 19 (KCNA) -- The south Korean regime kidnapped a boat and inhabitants of the DPRK who had gone adrift in the West Sea of Korea, unreasonably detained them, conducted an operation to force them to "defect" to the south and finally refused to repatriate some of them.
The C.C., the Red Cross Society of the DPRK Monday released a statement disclosing the truth about the inhuman act perpetrated by the group.
The authorities of Chongwadae, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Unification admitted that the inhabitants and boat of the DPRK went adrift due to the bad weather and all the 31 inhabitants wished to return home, the statement says, adding:
However, the regime kept them in custody for more than 50 days in south Korea, refusing to send them back to the north. Then they were busy with a sinister operation to force the detainees to "defect" to the south.
The statement also referred to the fact that the regime used the unexpected disaster for its sinister purpose of confrontation.
The aim sought by the regime was to escalate confrontation with fellow countrymen, scuttle the north-south dialogue and chill the atmosphere of improving the inter-Korean relations. -0-