North Korea’s Urriminjokgirri site has released a YouTube video claiming well-known defector Shin Dong-hyuk is a criminal who escaped North Korea to avoid punishment.

The release of the video comes as North Korea has been mounting a “charm offensive” aimed at gaining international support for its perspective on human rights issues.

The video, released on October 26, is entitled “Lies and Truth: Who is Shin Dong-hyeok.” It claims that the U.S. and “other hostile forces” have conducted “childish plots” to mislead international public opinion “in the UN arena regarding non-existent human rights violations” in the country.

The video paints defectors