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Colombia
Standard procedure
36.
The Working Group transmitted one case to the Government of Colombia
concerning Borja Lazaro Herrero, allegedly abducted from a hotel in Guajira, Colombia, on
7 January 2014, by a paramilitary group operating with the acquiescence of State officials.
In accordance with the methods of work of the Working Group, a copy of the case was also
sent to the Government of Spain.
Information from Sources
37.
A source provided information on two outstanding cases.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Standard procedure
38.
The Working Group transmitted 14 cases to the Government of the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, concerning:
(a)
Baek Cheol Beom, allegedly arrested by the National Security Agency in a
house in Hoiryung, North Hamkyung Province, in May 2014;
(b)
Han Chul-Ju, allegedly arrested on 2 June 2003 at a refugee mission centre in
Nanjing City, China, and repatriated to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
(c)
Han Hye Ok, allegedly arrested by the National Security Agency in her home
in Hoiryung City, in early October 1995;
(d)
Hong Won-Chul, allegedly arrested by the National Security Agency in
Pyongyang in June 1999;
(e)
Jeon Myeong Hee, allegedly last seen in the summer of 2014 at the Hoiryung
City Safety Agency, in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
(f)
Jeon Gwang-Gook, allegedly arrested on 2 June 2003 at a refugee mission
centre in Nanjing City, China and repatriated to the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea;
(g)
Kim Geun Cheol, allegedly arrested on 2 June 2003 at a refugee mission
centre in Nanjing City, China and repatriated to the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea;
(h)
Lee Chung Seong, allegedly arrested on 2 June 2003 at a refugee mission
centre in Nanjing City, China and repatriated to the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea;
(i)
Choi, Hong-Sik, allegedly abducted from Seoul by North Korean forces
between 28 and 30 June 1950;
(j)
Choi, Jun, allegedly abducted from his home in Seoul on 13 September 1950
by North Korean forces;
(k)
Jeong, Kyung-sook, allegedly abducted to the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea in Korean Airline airplane YS-11, hijacked on 11 December 1969;
(l)
Kim, Jeong-gyu, reportedly taken from his home in Pyongyang by his coworkers of the Liaison Department of the Central Party, in August 2011;
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