A/HRC/22/45 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review 12 Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 4 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 0 0 0 4 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 20c Number of cases on which the Multiple replies on some cases Government has replied Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 12 0 Yes Urgent Appeal N/A Government response N/A General allegation Yes Government response No Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit N/A Invitation extended N/A Standard procedure 102. The Working Group transmitted four newly-reported cases to the Government. 103. The first two cases concerned Mr. Won-mo Choi, and Mr. Kyeong-shik Moon who were allegedly arrested on a fishing boat near Yeonpyeong Island, to the west of the Korean Peninsula, by members of the Coast Guard of the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea on 5 June 1967. In accordance with the Working Group‘s methods of work, the Government of the Republic of Korea received copies of these cases. 104. The third case concerned Mr. Susumu Fujita, a Japanese university student at Tokyo Gakugei University, who was allegedly detained in Nishiarai Hospital, 5-7-14 Nishiarai-honcho, Adachi-ku, 123-0845 Tokyo, Japan, on 7 February 1976, and subsequently taken to the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea. In accordance with the Working Group‘s methods of work, the Government of Japan received a copy of this case. 105. The fourth case concerned Mr. Jang-Geun Choi, who was allegedly abducted on the South Sea near Samcheonpo, two to three miles from the south coast of the Republic of Korea by state agents from the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea on 10 May 1977. In accordance with the Working Group‘s methods of work, the Government of the Republic of Korea received a copy of this case. General allegations 106. On 3 October 2012, the Working Group, jointly with three other special procedures mechanisms, transmitted a general allegation to the Government concerning the alleged use of labour camps, also known as kwan-li-so, for political prisoners. It was reported, inter alia, that prisoners detained at these labour camps, which have allegedly been in operation since the 1950s, are not given a trial, and are held incommunicado without notice of the charges against them, nor information on the length or place of detention. It was further reported that no information regarding prisoners‘ whereabouts is provided to friends, c 44 In accordance with paragraph 15 of its Methods of Work, the Working Group decided, at its 97th session to transfer four cases from the statistics of Japan to those of the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea.