Bill Gertz: N. Korea defector seeks help from Bush

Washington Times ^ | July 19, 2005 | Bill Gertz

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A North Korean defector who survived 10 years in a prison labor camp said he told President Bush last month that the United States should do more to help those who flee the communist regime.

Mr. Kang said about 200,000 North Koreans are in the prison labor camp system throughout the country. All in the camps are malnourished, and unless their will is strong, they eventually die, he said.

Mr. Kang said he agreed to meet the president after a White House National Security Council official told him that Mr. Bush had read his book and became interested in the human rights problem there.

The book, "The Aquariums of Pyongyang," is an account of Mr. Kang's 10-year prison work camp experience from age 10 to 20. He disclosed in detail the systematic torture, beatings, public executions and starvation in his camp.

Mr. Kang said he never expected to meet Mr. Bush, but on June 13, he spent 40 minutes in the Oval Office discussing North Korea and human rights and other issues.

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Where are Amnesty International and all the worldwide humanitarian organizations, who were all worried about our treatment of the terrorists and turn a blind eye towards mass torture, and real prisoner abuse.

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" Mr. Kang, 37, said prisoners are fed very small portions of corn and salt that make it "impossible to survive" without additional food. As a result, prisoners survive by eating cooked rats and snakes, and live lizards, he said."


Compare this to the glazed chicken the terrorist detainees are receiving.

[anniegetyourgun]

Dunno. There's been so much testimony on the hill, so many "unofficial" trips by various aid folks, and even much money (through small groups) given to help those in refugee camps who happen to make it over....but hardly a peep from those like AI, the U.N., etc.

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What he did to Hans Blix alone warrants some type of investigation. I'll bet the skeleton is still in Kim's aquarium.

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MSM: Nothing to see here...Gitmo is the real Gulag.

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What would Mr. Kang like the United States to do?

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...the United States should do more to help those who flee the communist regime.

 

I've got a better idea, how about South Korea do something, ANYTHING to help?  How 'bout that?

 

Owl_Eagle

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