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The number of prisoners in North Korea has dropped by almost 20,000 due to starvation amid Kim Jong Un's strict COVID-19 rules.
Numerous North Korean captives died of starvation in prison camps under Kim Jong Un's stringent COVID-19 regulations, which prohibited them from receiving food.
Inmates at Kaechon Prison in South Pyongan Province receive food, but there is not enough of it because of the daily hard labor they must engage in. When their family comes to visit, they must bring extra food to help them survive in the camp.
Prisoners Staved to Death in North Korea
A significant virus pandemic prompted North Korea to proclaim a national utmost emergency in May. Family members who resided far from the prison during the emergency were reportedly unable to visit, according to Radio Free Asia.
As a result, there were more incidences of malnutrition among prisoners. 20 women died as a result of it. The report also mentioned that three to four prisoners passed away each month before the outbreak. And they revealed that their younger sister is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for making calls to a relative who had fled the nation and relocated to South Korea.
When a death occurs, the guards' job, according to the report, is to enter the prison and pile the bodies on one side. At the end of each month, prisoners are required to carry the deceased bodies on a stretcher and bury them in the mountains beyond the facility.
The prison only gives detainees one rice ball each day, which is not enough for them to eat on their own. In contrast, family visits are permitted for inmates at Chungsan Prison in Ryanggang once every three months.
The movement was restricted as a result of COVID-19 procedures, with those closest to the prison able to feed their families but those farther away unable to do so. With the use of servi-cha trucks or vans, which are privately owned and are used to transport supplies or people to locations that are not reachable by railroads, individuals in places like Ryanggang province can only deliver food once every six months.
As a result, some inmates at Chungsan Prison haven't received any food from their relatives throughout the outbreak. This indicates that due to a lack of outside food, 15 women had perished from malnutrition in the previous month alone.
According to the second source, when a prisoner passes away at Chungsan Jail, the prison contacts the local police and requests that they return the deceased's body to the family. However, COVID-19 required that families be in charge of the body.
If the family does not show up in time, bodies at Chungsan Facility are bundled up in straw sacks and buried all around the prison. According to the second source, North Korea started punishing officials in prisons where numerous convicts died in 2015 as a result of the country receiving worldwide criticism for its treatment of prisoners.
Rules then loosened up a little bit. Instead of every three months, families are permitted to visit every month. Additionally, 10% of the donated food must be distributed to prison inmates so that those without visitors can still receive extra.
The pandemic, however, forced another revision in the restrictions, limiting visits to once every three months. According to the second source, malnutrition rose as a result of less food entering the country. Both sources assert that instead of putting an end to the hunger fatalities, the authorities are attempting to conceal them, as per Daily Mail.
Kim Jong Un Unleashes Harsh Punishments on Officials
A hospital that Kim Jong Un had ordered to be finished on schedule did not, and as a result, he became enraged and sent one of his officials to a gulag. Pyongyang General Hospital was begun in March 2020, and the dictatorial leader of North Korea demanded that it be finished by October of the same year.
As it continues to take much longer than the leader's absurd target, the hospital is still only a partially completed, empty shell waiting for its first patient. According to reports, the hospital is truly lacking in the necessary equipment to accommodate patients, and one person was punished with the death penalty as a result.
Condemned to death, they were thought that they were trying to supply the hospital with Chinese medical equipment rather than European equipment, which Kim is alleged to have thought was of higher quality.
A South Korean tabloid, Daily NK, claims that the project manager was transferred to the dreaded Sungho-RI in April of this year. A notorious labor camp that defector Kang Chol-hwan, who fled the nation, dubbed the camp of no return.
The source added that Sungho-RI has been transformed into a location where senior officials go to be punished for provoking the leader's wrath while working on covert projects. Nine other people, in addition to the official working in the hospital, were held accountable for the shortages of steel, iron, wood, glass, and tiles on the construction site, Mirror reported.
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