Refugees shot fleeing North Korea(by border guards with Dragunov sniper rifles)

Times of London ^ | 06/29/08 | Michael Sheridan

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Refugees shot fleeing North Korea

Michael Sheridan in Hunchun, China

North Korean guards, newly armed with Russian Dragunov sniper rifles, have shot dead refugees attempting to ford the river that divides their hungry homeland from China, according to human rights campaigners.

On the Chinese shore alone, two bodies, marked by several bullet holes, were found by a local activist, said Tim Peters, an American pastor who runs a Christian group supporting the fugitives.

The shootings indicate a coordinated change in tactics by North Korea and China to deter refugees from crossing. They want to stamp out bribery among border guards who let the refugees go and to catch those who make it to safety.

The two countries, nominally socialist allies, have agreed to tighten security measures to ensure “stability” in the run-up to the Olympic Games and to stop any embarrassing demonstrations by the refugees.

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Snipers armed with Dragunov rifles to pick off escaping refugees; Security agents with top-of-the-line German electronic detector to zoom on people using cellphones.

A sad snapshot of N. Korea.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[nuconvert]

“The two countries, nominally socialist allies”

nominally socialist,
hmmm....

[Anti-Bubba182]

I wonder when North Korea finally collapses?

[FormerACLUmember]

The ruling class gets the guns and the peons get the bullets: a liberal's dream come true.

Starving slaves shot dead with Dragunov sniper rifles.

[Prole]

North Korea is such a terrible place.

May God have mercy on the souls of the slain, and may He provide comfort to their families.

A film worth watching as told from the perspective of North Korean defectors who fear for their lives:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5385077659281273870&q=Inside+the+Secret+State&ei=Jl5oSPHJNIWqrgL_hLGMBQ&hl=en

[ken21]

they oughta send those rioting in so korea up north.

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[Tamar1973]

The Crossing, movie trailer

[AmericanInTokyo]

The only nation that would do such a thing to fleeing people would be a terrorist nation.

Uh, er, never mind.

Bush just took these people off "the list".

[ME-262]

I almost bought a dragunov once. But I decided to hold out for a .50 Cal.

I assume the Norkies in the "workers paradise" have no need for personal firearms since their government does all the shooting for them!

[antiRepublicrat]

English can be vague. I think it’s “nominally allies” with socialist to describe them both.

[SevenofNine]

German made?
I got queston why would Germany would allow Chia Pet used it tech I am sorry I mistaken it is Germany

[Tamar1973]

Probably Russian-made. I don’t think the Germans like NK much.

[SevenofNine]

That seem suspious of the reporting German made I think Russia made circu 1970s