A/HRC/WGAD/2019/69 disability, or any other status, that aims towards or can result in ignoring the equality of human beings (category V). Submissions Communication from the source 4. The source submits that Hwang Won is a citizen of the Republic of Korea who, according to the source, has been continuously deprived of his personal liberty since the hijacking of Korean Air Lines YS-11 by a State agent of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 11 December 1969. Prior to being deprived of his liberty, Mr. Hwang Won was a producer for the television broadcaster MBC in the Republic of Korea. 5. According to the source, on 11 December 1969 Mr. Hwang Won boarded Korean Air Lines YS-11, a domestic flight from Gangneung Airport on the east coast of the Republic of Korea to Gimpo Airport, Seoul. The aeroplane took off at 12.25 p.m. and within 10 minutes of take-off an agent from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea entered the cockpit and forced the pilots to divert the aeroplane. After crossing the Military Demarcation Line, fighter aeroplanes from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea accompanied the aeroplane, which reportedly landed at Yonpo airbase near Hamheung City, South Hamgyeong Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 6. It is submitted that the 50 crew members and passengers aboard Korean Air Lines YS-11, including Mr. Hwang Won, were taken into custody by soldiers of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, who greeted the hijacker and escorted him into a black sedan, in which he left the airbase. A man in the uniform of a General identified himself as a guide, had the passengers blindfolded, then boarded onto two different buses and transported to a waiting room. After several hours, at around 8 p.m., an officer wearing a three-star epaulet entered the room and welcomed them to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 7. The source further submits that on 13 December 1969 the official news agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea stated that the two pilots of flight YS-11 willingly flew their aeroplane to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in protest at the policies of the Government of the Republic of Korea. 8. On 14 December 1969, the crew members and passengers were transported to Pyongyang, separated into three groups and detained in three different hotels: the Pyongyang, the Daedong and the Duyeo. 9. The source reports that from 16 December 1969 onwards, the crew members and passengers of flight YS-11 were interrogated and forced to accept ideological indoctrination, including visits to a revolutionary museum, revolutionary galleries and a tractor factory. 10. According to the source, those who questioned or resisted the ideology were taken to a different room for torture and ill-treatment in retaliation. The source specifies that, for instance, one of the 39 individuals who was later allowed to return to the Republic of Korea, was taken to a separate room after making a negative comment. He was allegedly drugged and electrocuted, which left him with permanent physical and mental disabilities, impairing his capacity to communicate with other people. 11. The source reports that Mr. Hwang Won also expressed dissenting views during the indoctrination sessions. He was taken to an unknown place for two weeks and reportedly tortured. 12. The source also submits that on 6 February 1970, which is a lunar New Year’s Day and a traditional holiday for family gatherings, Mr. Hwang Won began to sing a popular South Korean song, “I want to go [home]” and soon other individuals in the room joined him in singing the song. Soldiers then dragged Mr. Hwang Won out of the room. 13. According to the source, on 4 February 1970, the Red Cross in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea sent a cable to the International Committee of the Red Cross, stating that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would unilaterally deport the crew members and passengers “if they so desired”. 14. The source reports that on 14 February 1970 the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea returned 39 individuals to the Republic of Korea at the Joint Security Area in Panmunjom. However, the authorities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2