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November 08, 2024
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Defectors, organization deny involvement in kidnap plot

Multiple individuals deny claims made by Ko Hyon-chol following his arrest in North Korea

Defectors accused of taking part in an abduction plot have denied the accusations and said that the recently arrested Ko Hyon-chol would have been coerced into making them by North Korean authorities following his arrest.

Ko, a defector himself, was detained in May for what North Korea claimed to be a plot to kidnap North Korean orphans and remove them from the country.

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