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.
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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