MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Pyongyang publicly executed six officials responsible for supervising North Korean employees abroad after several people from the North who worked in China fled to South Korea in April, Choi Seong-yong, the chairman of South Korea-based Abductees' Family Union, said Friday.
In April, 13 North Korean workers employed in a restaurant in the Chinese city of Ningbo escaped to South Korea.
"North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered six officials, including intelligence officials, to be executed publicly on May 5 due to their lack of control over overseas (North Korean) workers," the chairman said, as quoted by Yonhap news agency.
On Thursday, Pyongyang faced another scandal with its workers employed overseas, as Malta refused to renew the visas of 20 North Koreans who worked at construction sites amid allegations that they sent two-thirds of their pay to their government.
