South Korea charges officers with raping defector

South Korean military intelligence personnel allegedly raped a North Korean defector.
South Korean military intelligence personnel allegedly raped a North Korean defector.
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Two South Korean military intelligence officers have been indicted on charges of raping a North Korean defector, the South’s defence ministry said on Tuesday.

According to Yonhap news agency, the victim filed a criminal complaint last year. Her lawyer said at the time that she had become pregnant twice and was pressured to have abortions. A defence intelligence command lieutenant colonel and master sergeant were indicted by military prosecutors on various charges of sexually assaulting and raping the woman between May 2018 and February 2019, a ministry of national defence statement said.

At the time, the woman was under their protection and supervision for espionage operations, the statement added. — Reuters



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