{"id":50962,"date":"2022-03-15T16:12:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T07:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50962"},"modified":"2022-03-16T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T09:32:08","slug":"family-defector-sent-political-prison-camp-after-being-turned-in-remittance-broker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/family-defector-sent-political-prison-camp-after-being-turned-in-remittance-broker\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of defector sent to political prison camp after being turned in by remittance broker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An entire family of a defector was recently sent to a political prison camp after a remittance broker reported them to Yanggang Province&#8217;s Ministry of State Security (MSS).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in the province on Monday, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> family of three was recently taken to a political prison camp after undergoing a three-month long investigation. They had initially been arrested in Hyesan on charges of espionage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family was arrested by municipal MSS officials in mid-December last year after a remittance broker reported them. The remittance broker told the MSS that the Kim family was receiving money from South Korea every month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the day of their arrest, the family\u2019s father went home with the money his daughter, who lives in the South, had sent through the broker. However, MSS officials stormed his house barely one minute after he arrived.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A search of the house by the MSS found a Chinese mobile phone, the RMB 50,000 (USD 7,831) Kim had just received from the broker, and another RMB 70,000 (USD 10,964).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the MSS officials did not end their investigation there. Instead, they went further by arresting Kim\u2019s eldest daughter and son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family was taken away by the MSS and questioned in separate rooms. The Kims ended up being accused of cooperating with and receiving money from South Korea\u2019s intelligence agency in exchange for providing information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, the family members were all branded as spies and sent to a political prison camp.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRemittance brokers have recently become more feared than the MSS,\u201d the source said. \u201cJust being careful [can avoid] trouble with the MSS, but with brokers it is difficult to know who among them is working as an MSS spy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlthough dozens to hundreds of people were taken by the MSS since last year, it\u2019s rare for an entire family to be arrested all at once like this,\u201d the source continued, adding, \u201cAs news of this case spreads, people are becoming increasingly more wary of remittance brokers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Translated by Gabriela Bernal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220314-3\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An entire family of a defector was recently sent to a political prison camp after a remittance broker reported them to Yanggang Province&#8217;s Ministry of State Security (MSS). 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