Further submission from Human Rights in
Asia
As you may already know, North Korea stated
last week that it will restart producing plutonium in defiance
of sanction imposed by the UN Security Council. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8017898.stm
North Korea is sharing nuclear and missile technology
with Iran for more than a decade, and it has been reported that
15-strong delegation from Tehran were in the country advising
North Koreans to prepare for a rocket launch three weeks ago.
The Times says the Iranians brought a letter from President Ahmadinejad
to Kim Jong-Ill stressing the importance of co-operating on space
technology.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5994905.ece
Last year, the White House said it was convinced
North Korea was helping to build a nuclear plant in Syria and
declared the collaboration represented "a dangerous and potentially
destabilizing development for the world".
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3671892.ece
As former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton
described in the following article, North Korea is the leading
country in the "Pyongyang-Damascus-Teheran nuclear axis".
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123759986806901655.html
North Korea is also one of the worst abusers
of human rights in the world with an estimated 200 thousand
starving political prisoners, and there are serious allegations
of nine EU nationals being abducted by the North Korean intelligence
service.
http://www.sukuukai.jp/narkn/
The Romanian victim appeared to be Ms Doina
Bumbea, who was abducted in Rome in 1978 and died in 1997 under
captivity.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070421a7.html
It is absolutely appalling under these circumstances
that a North Korea investment fund launched by British businessman
Mr Colin McAskill is seeking investors from Europe, which will
aid the current regime and minimize the effect of UN sanctions.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid =aJ6sP0GRnSA0&refer=home
http://www.chosunfund.com/pages/chosun/about.aspx
Mr McAskill has worked with the North Korean
dictator for decades and lobbied the US to lift sanctions. He
does not hesitate to show off his position on website but no mention
of the immeasurable harm his irresponsible behaviour would inflict
on the world.
http://www.chosunfund.com/pages/chosun/team.aspx
In fact, tens of millions of pounds of investment
will not only help North Korea to produce more nuclear weapons,
but also sends a wrong message to the regime that the West will
soon recognize them as a nuclear power like Israel.
Pyongyang has always looked for UK to circumvent
sanctions, http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article1264923.ece
and I strongly believe there should be legislation to prevent
this kind of "social irresponsibility fund" aiding nuclear
proliferation.
North Korea is selling weapons, narcotics, fake
cigarettes and fake bank notes to the world and there is no reason
to believe they will stop short of selling their most lucrative
product. Unlike other specialty of North Korea, nuclear weapons
leave no evidence behind when used by terrorists because everything
evaporates under the mushroom cloud just like Hiroshima and Nagasaki
64 years ago.
http://www.mctv.ne.jp/~bigapple/
I hope you will realise the seriousness of North
Korea crisis and potential threat it poses to UK.
Ken Kato
Director
28 April 2009
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