[imText1]The fight to save ‘Daughter of Tongyeong’ Shin Suk Ja and her two daughters arrives in Europe today as Dr. Oh Gil Nam begins a visit to Germany, the country where he and his family last lived in freedom in the 1980s, immediately prior to their disastrous decision to move to North Korea.
Oh is accompanied by Free NK Gulag head Kim Tae Jin as representative of the International Coalition to Stop Crimes against Humanity in North Korea.
Speaking before their departure this lunchtime, Kim told The Daily NK, “Dr. Oh is very excited because he is hopeful that he will open the way to requesting the assistance of the current German government and related parties.”
“The domestic feeling regarding mother-of-two Shin Suk Ja is heating up, and so this visit to Germany is mainly focused on spreading news of this problem in the international community,” Kim added.
Dr. Oh and Kim are set to spend 5 days in the country, appearing at various events and hosting meetings to bring pressure to bear on North Korea to both return Shin and her daughters to South Korea and shut down its political prison camp system.
In particular, they intend to protest the current situation at the North Korean Embassy in Berlin while simultaneously conveying a letter to Kim Jong Il.
