by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim
editor@charactermedia.com
A North Korean scientist from a microbiology research center in Ganggye, Chagang Province near the border with China defected to Finland last month, according to sources from Yonhap News Agency.
The 47-year-old scientist, who is only identified by his surname, Lee, was also carrying 15 gigabytes of data on human experiment results with him. He apparently defected due to misgivings he had about the research being conducted.
Lee fled to Finland on June 6 through the Philippines, according to a North Korean human rights group. He is expected to speak before the European Parliament later this month.
Other North Korean defectors have shed light on how prisoners in the country’s “labor detention camps” are treated, and some of their testimonies include guards and doctors performing cruel punishments and experiments on them.
We will update this story as further details are revealed.
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