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Hamgyong Province man sent to political prison camp for using Chinese cell phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A man in North Hamgyong Province was recently sent to a political prison camp after being charged with the crime of leaking internal information through a foreign-made mobile phone, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in the province told Daily NK on Thursday that the man, who is in his 30s, had been transported from the city of Hoeryong to the prison camp in mid-May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe went to the camp three months after being arrested by the Ministry of State Security for using a Chinese mobile phone back in February,\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry had put the man under surveillance because of his luxurious lifestyle, which contrasted with the widespread suffering from various restrictions imposed by the authorities, including the closure of the country\u2019s borders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man was apprehended because he was linked to another individual who had been arrested while trying to deliver money to family members of defectors in the interior of the country in early February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When ministry officials raided the man\u2019s house, they found a Chinese mobile phone, along with a large amount of foreign currency, including USD 10,000 and RMB 140,000 (around USD 20,867).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man\u2019s illegal use of a foreign-made mobile phone was treated as a very serious offense. After confiscating the phone, ministry agents found the Chinese messaging app WeChat installed, along with records of phone calls to South Korea. Four days after his arrest, the man was transferred from a holding cell of the city branch of the ministry to a provincial detention center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The detention center is considered one level higher than a holding cell and prisoners there face intense interrogation, along with brutal torture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under interrogation, the man confessed to transferring funds using a Chinese mobile phone he had bought for that purpose in 2019 and to sending pictures of documents and buildings inside North Korea in exchange for large sums of money since 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After over 100 days of interrogation, the man was incarcerated at a political prison camp for espionage, according to the source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the man\u2019s wife, who is in her 20s, was sentenced to one year of hard labor for abetting her husband\u2019s criminal behavior and not turning him in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The heavy sentences appear to be aimed at encouraging people to be vigilant about reporting criminal behavior and reminding them that anyone can be prosecuted for failing to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Ministry of State Security is using every possible means to prevent internal information from being leaked to the outside world,\u201d the source said. \u201cThe crackdown on the use of Chinese mobile phones in the border region is getting worse and worse, and most people are trying to avoid attracting attention [from the authorities].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Translated by David Carruth. Edited by Robert Lauler.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220609-2\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man in North Hamgyong Province was recently sent to a political prison camp after being charged with the crime of leaking internal information through a foreign-made mobile phone, Daily NK has learned. 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