The Free North Korean Movement Coalition, a group of defectors from North Korea, claimed that COVID-19 medicines and masks were hung from large balloons and sent to North Korea.
On the 29th, the Federation for Free North Korean Movement released a photo, claiming that "80,000 painkillers, 30,000 vitamin C tablets, and 20,000 masks were hung on 20 large balloons and sent to North Korea from Ganghwa Island, Incheon, around 10:00 pm on the 28th." I did.
A banner was also attached to the large balloon that read, 'With the sincerity and support of the Korean people and Korean Americans, we will send you medicines to treat malignant epidemics'.
The banner also contained the phrase 'Let's save the North Korean compatriots that Kim Jong-un threw away' and a bank account number sponsored by the group.
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▲ Medicines such as vitamin C and masks claimed to have been sent to North Korea by the Federation of Free North Korean Movement
Earlier on the 5th, the Federation for Free North Korea Movement, led by CEO Park Sang-hak, flew Corona 19 medicines in 20 large balloons from Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do.
At the time, the Ministry of Unification euphemistically requested restraint, saying, "Please consider which method will actually help the North Korean people and whether it will help the government's policy."
The Security Investigation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency is investigating (introspection) prior to the arrest of the Free North Korea Movement Coalition, which claimed to have sent Corona 19 quarantine items to North Korea.
Meanwhile, CEO Park was indicted in January on charges of attempting to distribute North Korean flyers (violation of the Act on the Development of Inter-Korean Relations) and is being tried.
However, President Park's side argued that the North Korean Flyer Prohibition Act was unconstitutional and applied to the first trial court for an adjudication on the constitutionality of the law.
The Federation for Free North Korea Movement, led by President Park, has already been booked on charges of violating the Inter-Korean Relations Development Act (Prohibition of North Korean Flyers) by distributing leaflets to North Korea with photos of then-elected President Yun Seok-yeol over two days from April 25th. no see.
Since the revised Inter-Korean Relations Development Act came into effect in March last year, the act of distributing leaflets to North Korea is subject to criminal punishment.
A person who broadcasts a loudspeaker broadcast about North Korea or spreads leaflets in the area around the Military Demarcation Line can be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or by a fine of not more than 30 million won.
(Photo = Yonhap News)