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Plea for evangelist facing death in North Korea July 12, 2007
At a press conference in Washington on July 12, a South Korean man, Son Jong Hoon, pleaded for international pressure on North Korea, where his brother is facing execution for acting as a Christian missionary.
Son Jong Nam, a former officer in the North Korean army, was first imprisoned in North Korea in 2001, shortly after is conversion to Christianity. He remained imprisoned for 3 years, undergoing torture before his release in may 2004. He was arrested once again in January 2006, and has been held in Pyongyang since that time awaiting execution.
Son Jong Hoon, the brother of the condemned prisoner, appeared at the National Press Club in Washington accompanied by representatives of The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) and staff members from the office of Senator Sam Brownback, the Republican presidential candidate. The Korean man and representatives of Voice of the Martyrs urged concerned Americans to visit the group's web site and join in a plea to North Korean officials to spare the evangelist's life.
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