An Australian citizen who was released yesterday from over a week’s detention in North Korea will not be conducting interviews with media and now hopes to “return to normal life,” a statement distributed to journalists on Friday said.

“Alek Sigley, who was released from detention and left North Korea yesterday (Thursday, July 4), will not be holding a news conference or taking part in media interviews,” it said. “He asks that media respect his privacy and that of his family as they return to normal life.”

The statement also confirmed that Sigley had arrived in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday and been