A large number of disease control and security officials in Pyongyang and other parts of the country, blamed for the spread of COVID-19 in late April, were sent to political prison camps in early May, Daily NK has learned.
A source in Pyongyang told Daily NK on Monday that about 450 people from the capital and provincial regions who were “connected to the personal safety” of the North Korean leader were sent to political prison camps on or around May 12.
“They were dragged off without proper trials, and it seems completely unlikely that they’ll reenter society,” he claimed.
Imagine being dragged to a political correction camp because you failed to identify an infected person photographed while standing 20 yards from Liz Truss.
On May 1, Kim Jong Un took a commemorative photo with Pyongyang university students and young workers who took part in the Apr. 25 military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s military.
Daily NK reported in mid-May that a university student who attended the photo shoot was infected with COVID-19. According to a source at the time, the authorities considered this a serious incident that could not be overlooked because it was matter connected to the personal safety of the nation’s supreme leader.
It's a harsh way to deal with official failure, whereas our standard approach of almost unconditional forgiveness is...
6 comments:
Talking of The Apparat yesterday I found a census form in a drawer. Did we have a census in 2021? I can't remember.
Pour encourager les autres.
Won't rejoin society? Bullet to the head?
dearieme - I can't remember either. I don't recall filling one in, but maybe Mrs H filled it in.
Sam - it would encourage me to stay away from any kind of responsibility.
James - or slave labour.
While NK is obviously infinitely more brutal, can we say we are any more rational? Is expecting someone to identify covid infected persons at a distance of hundreds of yards any more reality based than demanding everyone accept that men are women if they say so?
Sobers - it's an interesting question. I'd say accepting that men are women if they say so is too irrational to be beaten by anything NK does.
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