Report on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances VI. Information concerning the author of the present report Confidential Date of submission: 05-Jun-2022 VII. Summary Session: 128 INFORMATION FROM SOURCE Date: 05-Jun-2022 According to the source: Mr. Cheol-Min Seong (철민성), born on 29 August 1980 in Haesan-gu, Hamhung City, South Hamgyong Province (DPRK) was allegedly detained in March 2007 with a group of other persons while attempting to escape to South Korea by the People's Republic of China authorities in Sichuan Province. Mr. Seong was detained in China until September 2007, when he was returned to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Ministry of State Security of the DPRK then detained him in a detention center in Hyesan, where he was last seen around JanuaryFebruary 2008. Mr. Seong was allegedly subjected to torture while in detention in Hyesan. He was then sentenced to a prison term following a “secret” trial at the Ministry of State Security. A source reported that the Ministry of State Security planned to transfer Mr. Seong to a political prison camp (kwanliso) in an undisclosed location. At the time of the present communication, the fate and whereabouts of Mr. Cheol-Min Seong remain unknown. 6