Report on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Session: 131 INFORMATION FROM SOURCE Date: 01-Jun-2023 According to the information received: Mr. Park Jong-Cheon (박 종천), a farmer born in 1963 in Pyongyang and residing in Muchang-ri, Kimhyongjik County, Ryanggang Province, was allegedly abducted in 2000 in his residence by a DPRK State agent. In the year 2000, it is reported that Mr. Park attended a gathering in which he openly expressed his disagreement with North Korean politics and the socialist ideology. Two days later, it is reported that Mr. Park was detained in his house by a member of the State Security Department (국가안전보위부, renamed in 2016 as Ministry of State Security 국가안전보위성). During the incident, the DPRK agent allegedly failed to inform Mr. Park or his family of the reasons for his detention. The State agent reportedly mentioned that the State Security Department“ has something it wants to discuss”. It is believed that Mr. Park was taken to a political prison camp. There were witnesses to the incident. In 1972, as a child, Mr. Park's family were allegedly forced to relocate from Pyongyang a rural town in Sangchang, Ryanggang Province. Mr. Park and his relatives were reportedly banned from University studies or military service due to kin punishment. At the time of the present communication, the fate and whereabouts of Mr. Park Jong-Cheon remain unknown. 4