{"id":18837,"date":"2012-03-13T17:58:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T08:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=18837"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:53:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:53:58","slug":"saenuri-party-pushing-point-on-def","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/saenuri-party-pushing-point-on-def\/","title":{"rendered":"Saenuri Party Pushing Point on Defectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saenuri Party floor leader Hwang Woo Yea is expected to send a correspondence to President Hu Jintao of China requesting humanitarian treatment of North Korean defectors faced with forced repatriation, following the lead of interim party head Park Geun Hye.<\/p>\n<p>Saenuri Party lawmaker Ku Sang Chan told a party meeting this morning, \u201cWe have been in contact with the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and are preparing to send a statement outlining the concerns of Saenuri Party lawmakers to Director Wang Jiarui this week\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hwang himself told Daily NK by phone, \u201cChairman Park Geun Hye has conveyed the opinion of the people, and now I expect to send a letter putting forward the people\u2019s feelings once again. I will impress upon them that the forced repatriation of North Korean defectors runs contrary to human rights, and ask them to discuss closely with South Korea every time something like this occurs.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Ku added that a letter Park sent to President Hu on the 16th of last month has been received and passed on to \u201cChina\u2019s supreme leader,\u201d but that there has been no response to date from Beijing. <\/p>\n<p>Ku revealed also that the CPC International Department had expressed discomfort at the contact from the Saenuri Party, saying, \u201cEmotional disputes between the two countries will not help either side. 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