NORTH KOREA: FORTUNE TELLER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
The North Korean authorities have recently focused on cracking down on “acts of superstition” leading to the execution of a fortune teller in the Chongjin and the arrest of other fortune tellers in Onsong and Hoeryong who are awaiting trial, the Daily NK
The North Korean authorities have recently focused on cracking down on “acts of superstition” leading to the execution of a fortune teller in the Chongjin and the arrest of other fortune tellers in Onsong and Hoeryong who are awaiting trial, the Daily NK reported on 19 December 2018.
“A female fortune teller in her early 20s was executed by firing squad in Chongjin on November 17 and similar punishments were carried out in other parts of the country as well,” said a North Hamgyong Province-based source on December 13.
A separate source in North Hamgyong Province added, “One fortune teller, known as “Huisun,” was sentenced to 18 years hard labor in Onsong, while in Hoeryong, six fortune tellers remain under investigation by local police with rumors that they may also face execution.”
- (Sources: dailynk.com, 19/12/2018)
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