tagged w/ China border
-
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Lisa Ling's husband Paul Song announces that the editorial we have been waiting 2 weeks for will be published very soon! Laura Ling and Euna Lee "will detail the circumstances surrounding their arrest and detention"
The Current TV crew consisting of Laura, Euna, and Mitch Koss travelled to Yanji (China) in March to conduct interviews with North Korean refugees. They were assisted by Durihana Mission Pastor Chun Ki-won in Seoul, who arranged their China itinerary and referred them to an ethnic Korean local guide that led them to the border. They also had cooperation from Durihana's Pastor Lee Chan-woo in Yanji, who facilitated reports at an orphanage and interviews with female North Korean refugees.
What happened next has been the subject of speculation but here are the facts we have so far:
1. Laura and Euna were arrested after crossing the China border at Yueqing onto North Korean territory along the Tumen River. Yueqing is located south of the town of Tumen, about an hour away from Current TV's assignment in the city of Yanji.
2. A camera and video were confiscated by Chinese police from Mitch Koss, who escaped capture by North Koreans at the border area in Yueqing.
3. A camera and videos were also confiscated by North Korean border sentries and used as evidence in Laura and Euna's trial in Pyongyang.
4. The ethnic Korean local guide, a citizen of China, was sentenced to six months in jail.
5. Lee Chan-woo's house was raided on March 19 by Chinese police who confiscated his computer, camera and various documents containing the personal information of 25 North Korean orphans staying at Yanji orphanages, as well as the phone numbers and addresses of human rights activists.In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Lisa Ling's husband Paul Song... more
-
