North Korean defectors to sue Kim Jong Un in civil and criminal lawsuits over human rights violations in South Korea

North Korean defectors will file civil and criminal lawsuits in South Korean courts against Kim Jung Eun, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, and others for human rights violations.
On the 9th, the North Korean Human Rights Information Center (NKDB) Human Rights Violation Support Center, on behalf of Choi Min-kyung, representative of the North Korean Detention Victims' Families Association, will hold a press conference in Seoul on the 11th.
The company announced that it would file a civil complaint with the local court and a criminal complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. Choi defected from North Korea in 1997 and stayed in China, but was deported in 2008.
He then claimed he was subjected to sexual abuse, physical violence, inhumane torture and other human rights violations over a period of about five months in detention facilities in North Korea, including the National Defense Agency in Onsong, North Hamgyong Province.
In response to this, Choi plans to file criminal charges against five people, including Kim and other National Security Agency personnel, on charges of violating international criminal law.
"We are working with a strong sense of urgency to hold those responsible for the crimes against humanity committed by the three-generation Kim regime accountable," Choi said.
"We hope that this legal action will serve as an opportunity to raise domestic and international attention to North Korea's human rights issues," the center said.
The government has described this case as "historically significant as the first lawsuit brought by a group of people in the country." It plans to take international steps, including filing a lawsuit with a UN human rights body and the International Criminal Court (ICC), in the future.