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The older brother of a South Korean official killed by North Korean troops and the chief of a assist group of lacking Japanese folks meet on the National Assembly in Seoul on Thursday. From left: Lawyer Kim Ki-yun; Kazuhiro Araki, the chief of the assist group for Japanese victims of abduction by North Korea; and Lee Rae-jin, the late official’s older brother. (Kim Arin/The Korea Herald) |
Kazuhiro Araki, the top of a assist group for households of Japanese kidnapped by North Korea, on Thursday met with Lee Rae-jin, the older brother of the South Korean official who was slain close to the inter-Korean sea border in September 2020.
Araki, who’s visiting Seoul, spoke with Lee and his lawyer Kim Ki-yun for about two hours at People Power Party Rep. Ha Tae-keung’s workplace to debate plans for a gathering with Japanese households of the lacking.
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Rep. Ha Tae-keung (middle) speaks with Lee, his lawyer and Araki. (Courtesy of Kim Ki-yun) |
“I think it will be empowering for victims of different kinds of abuses by North Korea to gather, and speak with one another. The gathering will allow us to join voices and ideas on how to respond and cope,” Lee advised The Korea Herald.
“The victims of North Korean atrocities are of different nationalities, and there must be ways for us to work together.”
Lee is within the midst of a courtroom battle towards former prime officers from the Moon Jae-in administration for his or her suspected position within the cover-up and mishandling of his brother’s demise.
Lee’s lawyer Kim mentioned he has provided authorized assist to Aiko Kawasaki, a Korean Japanese and North Korea escapee who’s in search of an info disclosure swimsuit.
Lee added that he was invited to talk just about at Japan’s House of Representatives convention on the accountability, preservation and documentation of human rights violations in North Korea slated for April 28.
By Kim Arin (arin@heraldcorp.com)