Activist renounces South Korean police protection from North Korean “threats”
Park Sang-hak, known for controversial leaflet launches, says he no longer wants to be tailed by local law enforcement
State Dept./D.A. Peterson
Defector activist Park Sang-hak on Thursday submitted a letter renouncing government protection from North Korean death threats, accusing South Korean police of using it as a pretext for surveilling him.
In a letter addressed to local and national police, as well as the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Park -- whose routine launches of anti-regime leaflets into the North sparked a major escalation of inter-Korean tensions last month -- said he no longer wanted the police protection provided to him for the past 12 years.
Defector activist Park Sang-hak on Thursday submitted a letter renouncing government protection from North Korean death threats, accusing South Korean police of using it as a pretext for surveilling him.
In a letter addressed to local and national police, as well as the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Park -- whose routine launches of anti-regime leaflets into the North sparked a major escalation of inter-Korean tensions last month -- said he no longer wanted the police protection provided to him for the past 12 years.
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