Lee Hyo-Jeong D0000111

North Korean victims
Case number
FP025
Name (KOR)
이효정
Type of victim
  • Disappeared in North Korea
Nationality
North Korea
Sex
Female
Age group when taken
40s
Below 18 when taken
No
Marital status
Deceased
Occupation
Member of Cho-Sun Democracy Women’s Federation
Type of occupation
  • Not elsewhere classified
Date of birth
Jun 10, 1970
Year of birth
1970s: 1970
Place of birth
Hyeheung-dong, Hyesan-si, Ryanggang
Country of birth
North Korea
Place of residence
Hyeheung-dong, Hyesan-si, Ryanggang
Place of residence on map

Latitude: 41.3840703

Longitude: 128.0986264

Place of residence on map
Reason behind disappearance
  • Human trafficking
Date when taken (additional note)
Mid-April 2016
Year when taken
2010s: 2016
Country where taken
North Korea
Province where taken
Ryanggang
Region where taken
Hyesan-si
Region where taken on map

Latitude: 41.3840892

Longitude: 128.1353678

Region where taken on map
Place where taken
Hyeheung-dong
Type of place where taken
Home
Description of disappearance
Arrested during the day by 3-4 MSS agents who came in a long van for trafficking her daughter via a human trafficking group
Date last identified
October 2016
Year last identified
2010s: 2016
Place last identified
Province-level MSS in Hyesan-si, Ryanggang, North Korea
Country last identified
North Korea
Information on detention
Yes
Place of first detention
City-level MSS in Hyesan-si, Ryanggang, North Korea
Period of first detention
4 months (April 2016 – August 2016)
Additional information on first detention
Her family had paid 20000 won as bribes and was allowed to see her 1-2 times per week. However, they were not allowed to visit during the preliminary investigation period. Three days after being released for sick bail, she was transferred to province-level MSS.
Place of second detention
Province-level MSS in Hyesan-si, Ryanggang, North Korea
Period of second detention
3 months (August 2016 – November 2016
Additional information on second detention
After a trial in October 2016, her family received a letter from MSS that stated that she would be detained for 11 years.
Place of third detention
No. 25 kwanliso in Cheongjin-si, North Hamgyong, North Korea
Period of third detention
November 2016 -
Additional information on third detention
From a province-level MSS agent, the victim's younger sibling heard about her detention at a political prison camp for an anti-state crime under Article 66.
Combined geolocations

Latitude: 41.397078

Longitude: 128.175971

Region of first detention on mapRegion of second detention on mapRegion of third detention on map
Sentence
11 years
Related perpetrator(s)
Related proceeding(s)