A video of a man describing himself as the son of assassinated North Korean exile Kim Jong-Nam emerged Wednesday, apparently the first time a family member has spoken about the killing.
The video was uploaded to the YouTube page of a previously unknown group, Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD), which claimed to have “extracted” vulnerable members of Jong-Nam’s family with the help of the Dutch, US and South Korean authorities, and was keeping them under protection in an undisclosed location.
South Korea’s intelligence agency confirmed the individual on the video is Kim Han-Sol.0
His father was murdered at Malaysia’s main airport last month by two women using the banned VX nerve agent, with Pyongyang widely blamed for the assassination.
“The man is indeed Kim Han-Sol,” a spokesman for the National Intelligence Service told AFP.
The spokesman declined to give further details, including Kim’s current whereabouts or any information about CCD.
In the video, the man says in English: “My name is Kim Han-Sol, from North Korea, part of the Kim family.
“My father has been killed a few days ago. I’m currently with my mother and my sister. We are very grateful to…” he says, before the audio cuts off and his mouth movements are blacked out.
He shows his North Korean diplomatic passport as evidence of his identity but the page that shows his particulars is digitally covered.
The 40-second video wraps up with him saying: “We hope this gets better soon.”
There was no indication where or precisely when the video was made.
Han-Sol, 21, is believed to have graduated from Sciences Po university in Paris and had been living in exile with his parents in the Chinese territory of Macau before he disappeared with his mother and sister following his father’s death.
Because of his bloodline, Han-Sol could be seen as a rival figurehead in a state ruled by his uncle Kim Jong-Un and roiled by bloody purges.
Malaysia has yet to formally identify the dead man as Kim Jong-Nam or release the body, with police saying they are waiting for next-of-kin to come forward and provide a DNA sample.
– ‘Very painful’ –
On its website — registered only on Saturday — CCD said that it was protecting Kim Jong-Nam’s family.
“Cheollima Civil Defense responded last month to an emergency request by survivors of the family of Kim Jong-Nam for extraction and protection. The three family members were met quickly and relocated to safety,” it said, also in English.
“We have in the past addressed other urgent needs for protection,” it asserted. “This will be the first and last statement on this particular matter, and the present whereabouts of this family will not be addressed.”
The group thanked countries “for the emergency humanitarian assistance afforded to us in protecting this family” including the Netherlands, China and the United States, plus an unspecified fourth government.
It praised the Dutch ambassador to South Korea, Lody Embrechts, in particular “for his timely and strong response to our sudden request for assistance”, calling him “a credit to the people of the Netherlands and their long and principled stance for human rights and humanitarian norms”.
Neither the Netherlands embassy in Seoul nor CCD could be reached for comment by AFP.
“Cheollima” is a mythical winged horse originating in ancient Chinese myths.
CCD uses South Korean transliteration for its name, while some of the Korean text on its website read as if it could have been a translation from English.
Kim Sung-Min, a high-profile defector who operates an anti-Pyongyang radio station, said the group appeared to be associated with activists based in the United States.
South Koreans left messages of encouragement for Han-Sol on YouTube, with some inviting him to defect to the South.
“It must have been very painful for him when he said ‘my father has been killed’,” wrote one user.
Another said: “Be safe. You’re important to us, and to our future as a divided nation.”
Source: The Guardian
북 오브 데드
우리 황제가 돈이 있다는 것을 모르는 정부와 현장 안팎을 생각해보십시오.
레거시 오브 데드
Fang Jifan은 말문이 막힌 상태로 Zhu Houzhao를 바라보았습니다.
에그 카지노
Fang Jifan은 화를 내며 “왜 정직한 사람들을 괴롭히는 거죠?”
트레져스 오브 아즈텍
작은 내시가 작은 발걸음으로 밖으로 나왔습니다. “그의 전하와 치공이 도착했습니다.”
꽁 머니 슬롯
“급한 일이 있다며 폐하께 보고한 무빈 사령관도 있습니다.”
999 슬롯
서기가 번호를 보고했을 때 Shen Wen의 얼굴은 이미 마비되었습니다.
슬롯 무료 사이트
따라서… Liu Wenshan이 지배하는 것은 선물 시장입니다.
슈가 러쉬 X마스
“첸…첸…” Shen Wen은 어떻게 대답해야 할지 몰랐습니다.
피망 뉴 베가스
지금 후대에 있는 이 물건은 비정규직이라는 이름을 가지고 있습니다.
슬롯 게임 사이트
Zhu Houzhao는 “그는 매우 공개적으로 생각합니다, 아버지…”라고 말했습니다.
판다스 포춘
Hongzhi 황제는 Fang Jifan의 생각을 즉시 이해했습니다.
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123 슬롯
짧은 시간에 이 카운티에서 수십 명의 이름이 읽혔습니다…
넷마블 토토
그 후 그는 등유 탱크의 밸브를 만지기 시작했습니다.
에그벳 도메인
그들은 홍치제 상완골의 신하들인데, 당연히 그들을 가장 놀라게 한 것은 이 문장이었다.
월드컵 토토 사이트
두 세미콜론의 가게 주인은 실제로 그를 목사로 직접 숭배했습니다.
더 도그 하우스 메가웨이즈
점원은 그에게 “Jiajiahao”라고 적힌 표지판을 주었다.
사다리 토토
마지막으로 그는 제국 아카데미에서 좋은 학자로도 봉사했습니다.
에그벳 도메인
Liu Jian의 승인은 Li Dongyang과 Xie Qian을 쉽게 만들지 못했습니다.
꽁포 사이트
폐하는 Xinjian Bofang Jifan과 Zhu Houzhao 왕자를 만나도록 소환하라는 법령을 내 렸습니다.
슬롯 카지노
그들은… 현재의 삶에 매우 만족하는 것 같습니다.
슬롯 정품 사이트
Fang Jifan은 “아마도”라고 자신있게 말했습니다.