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North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk admits 'inaccuracies' in bestselling tale of torture 'Escape...
Source: The Independent
North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk admits 'inaccuracies' in bestselling tale of torture 'Escape from Camp 14'
ANNA FIFIELD TOYKO Sunday 18 January 2015
Shin Dong-hyuk, the North Korean prison camp survivor whose tale of a dramatic defection became a bestseller, has admitted that parts of his well-known tale were inaccurate and has now apologised.
Mr Shin was the only person known to have escaped from one of North Korea’s total control zones which became the subject of the best-selling book Escape from Camp 14, written by the former Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden.
But today he wrote on Facebook that he had tried to hide parts of his past. “To those who have supported me, trusted me and believed in me all this time, I am so very grateful and at the same time so very sorry to each and every single one of you,” said Mr Shin.
The confession comes as he prepares for new efforts by Kim Jong-un’s regime to discredit his testimony. Mr Shin has said he “may or may not be able to continue in my work and efforts in trying to eliminate the political prison camps and bring justice to the oppressed”.
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ANNA FIFIELD TOYKO Sunday 18 January 2015
Shin Dong-hyuk, the North Korean prison camp survivor whose tale of a dramatic defection became a bestseller, has admitted that parts of his well-known tale were inaccurate and has now apologised.
Mr Shin was the only person known to have escaped from one of North Korea’s total control zones which became the subject of the best-selling book Escape from Camp 14, written by the former Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden.
But today he wrote on Facebook that he had tried to hide parts of his past. “To those who have supported me, trusted me and believed in me all this time, I am so very grateful and at the same time so very sorry to each and every single one of you,” said Mr Shin.
The confession comes as he prepares for new efforts by Kim Jong-un’s regime to discredit his testimony. Mr Shin has said he “may or may not be able to continue in my work and efforts in trying to eliminate the political prison camps and bring justice to the oppressed”.
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Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-korean-defector-shin-donghyuk-admits-inaccuracies-in-bestselling-tale-of-torture-escape-from-camp-14-9986571.html
