Ms. Kim Im Bok was arrested in China and forcibly repatriated to North Korea in August 1994. Ms. Kim was considered a political prisoner for accepting help from a Korean church in Yanbian and transferred to a political prison camp. Ms. Kim�s family was informed that Ms. Kim had been sent to a political prison camp, presumably Camp No. 15, but they could not find her name on any of the prison registries.
suicide while detained at a forced labor logging camp. According to a source, as a result of his suicide, which was considered an act of treason against the country, Ms. Kim�s son-Ann Jung Chul - and daughter - Ann Soon Hee - were imprisoned in political prison camp No. 15 or 16.
Mr. Kwon Young Guen was arrested by the Yanji police in China in May 1966 and forcibly repatriated to North Korea. Mr. Kwon was detained at the Chilsung House, where he was inhumanely treated as a form of exemplary punishment. He was tied to a truck and dragged barefoot for approximately 16 kilometers and was tortured into confessing. Mr. Kwon was later detained at the National Security Agency prison in South Hamkyung and transferred to the Hamheung National Security Agency in 1994.
North Korea denied these alleged case. The WGAD found that the detention of Kim Im Bok, Kim Bok Shil, Ann Gyung Shin, Ann Jung Chul, Ann Soon Hee, and Kwon Young Guen is arbitrary and in violation of articles 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19 and 20 of the UDHR, and Articles 8, 9, 12, 14, 18 and 19 of the ICCPR and falls within categories I, II and III. The WGAD requested that North Korea release Ms. Shin and her two daughters and accord them an enforceable right to compensation.