{"id":269927,"date":"2020-09-26T05:51:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T09:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=269927"},"modified":"2020-09-26T05:51:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T09:51:23","slug":"sokor-to-demand-nokor-for-addl-probe-into-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/26\/sokor-to-demand-nokor-for-addl-probe-into-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"SoKor to demand NoKor for add’l probe into killing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Tuesday, North Korean troops shot the 47-year-old man who was adrift in its waters and incinerated his body, according to the South Korean military. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SEOUL<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 South Korea will demand that North Korea carry out another investigation into its recent killing of a Seoul fisheries official near the tense sea border, as the North’s explanation bore some key discrepancies from Seoul’s account, the presidential office said Saturday.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, North Korean troops shot the 47-year-old man who was adrift in its waters and incinerated his body, according to the South Korean military.<\/p>\n

He went missing the previous day while on duty near the Yellow Sea border island of Yeonpyeong.<\/p>\n

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un apologized for the incident Friday in a message sent by the United Front Department, a key espionage agency handling inter-Korean affairs.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang claimed that what it set on fire was not his body but an object he was using to stay afloat.<\/p>\n

After holding the National Security Council (NSC) session late Friday, the Seoul government decided to demand further investigation and request a joint probe, if necessary, the presidential office said.<\/p>\n

“As there exist differences between North Korea’s explanation and our intelligence analysis, we decided to continue our investigation into the incident to reveal the truth,” it added.<\/p>\n

It also vowed to “swiftly take steps to further heighten a surveillance posture in the Yellow Sea to prevent such an incident from happening again.”<\/p>\n

Another issue in question is whether the official had an intention to defect to the communist country.<\/p>\n

Military officials here said the man was presumed to have jumped into the sea on Monday in a suspected attempt to defect to the North, but the message from North Korea only noted that “the illegal intruder was to flee” while disobeying its verbal security checks.<\/p>\n

Another issue in question is who ordered the killing.<\/p>\n

South Korean officials said the brutal act appears to have been done in accordance with “orders from a superior authority,” though they said they could not confirm exactly who approved the killing.<\/p>\n

The North, however, said the decision was made by the chief of the patrol boat and that the actions taken were in line with its code of conduct.\u00a0(Yonhap)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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