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December 09, 2024
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ROK police refer activist to prosecutors for launching balloons into North Korea

Local authorities allege Park Sang-hak violated aviation safety law by releasing balloons carrying anti-regime leaflets

Local South Korean authorities escalated their crackdown on anti-regime leafleting into North Korea on Tuesday, referring a prominent defector-activist to prosecutors for allegedly violating the country’s Aviation Safety Act.

The Northern Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency told NK News that it referred Park Sang-hak, head of Fighters for a Free North Korea (FFNK), without detention for launching balloons carrying anti-DPRK leaflets northward earlier this year.

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