A/HRC/WGAD/2013/34 8. Kim Bok Shil, female, born 24 September 1947, worked as the manager of the South Hamkyung Province Hongwon-gun commerce management office. Her son, Ann Jung Chul, born 14 January 1972, worked as a first class sergeant of the border garrison in Hyesan, North Hamkyung Province. Her daughter, Ann Soon Hee, born in March 1981, was a student at the Hongwon Elementary School. Brother and sister were 22 and 13 years old, respectively, at the time of their arrest. The family usually resided together at Hongwon 1-ban, South Hamkyung Province. 9. Ann Gyung Shin, Kim Bok Shil’s husband and the father of her children, committed suicide on 14 January 1994, whilst detained at a forced labour logging camp in Hongwon. Prior to his detention, Ann Gyung Shin worked as a party official in the Food Policy Department. He was charged with corruption and illegal accumulation of wealth, for allegedly embezzling rice and making statements against the policies of the Party. As a result of his suicide, which was considered an act of treason against the State, he was labelled a “reactionary” and an investigation into his family was opened. 10. On the morning of her husband’s death, an agent of the National Security Agency abducted Kim Bok Shil from her home and interrogated her at a secret location. She was released, but three months later, in April 1994, was arrested by the Agency at her home and charged with illegally conducting trade outside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with the Chongryon (the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan which has close links to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). The source conjectures an additional reason for her arrest was guilt by association for the suicide of her husband. Following her arrest, she was detained at the National Security Agency prison in South Hamkyung and later in May 1994, transferred to the Hamheung National Security Agency in South Hamkyung. The source cites an eyewitness account of the brutal beatings and torture she had suffered in detention. In October 1994, she was transferred to political prison camp No. 15 or 16. 11. The source was informed by members of the border garrison that in June 1994, Ann Soon Hee was arrested in her home by the Hongwon National Security Agency of South Hamkyung. On the same date, Ann Jung Chul was arrested by the Agency while on duty at the border garrison of Hyesan in North Hamkyung. Ann Jung Chul was reportedly transferred to the Hamheung National Security Agency. The source believes brother and sister are imprisoned in political prison camp No. 15 or 16. The source argues the family’s guilt by association with suicide of Ann Gyung Shin violates international human rights law. 12. Kwon Young Guen, male, born on 26 May 1966, worked at the Korean War Construction Company located in Musan, North Hamkyung. He usually resides at 70-ban, Musan-eup, Musan-gun. On 6 July 1994, he fled to China with the goal of sending remittances to his family. On 10 July 1994, he was arrested by the Yanji police near the Northeast Hotel on Henan Street, Yanji, Jilin-Sheng. According to the source, Kwon Young Guen was arrested and charged with having committed treason by defecting from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the Republic of Korea, from where his parents originate. 13. Immediately following his arrest, Kwon Young Guen was repatriated and detained at the Chilsung Custom House. The source cites an eyewitness account that Kwon Young Guen was tied to the rear part of a truck and dragged barefoot from the Custom House to the centre of Musan, an approximate distance of 16 kilometres. According to the source, Kwon Young Guen was to be an example of the punishment that would befall traitors to Kim Il Sung. Kwon Young Guen was detained for three months in a National Security Agency prison in Musan, during which time he was interrogated and forced to confess through torture. In October 1994, the Agency transferred him to a political prison camp. 3