An association of North Korean defectors said Thursday it will file a complaint against local lawyers over a recent court hearing on the legality of Seoul's protection of 12 North Korean waitresses who defected to the South in April.
The association, comprised of some 20 North Korean defectors groups, plans to register a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, seeking a probe into the lawyers for violating the National Security Law.
On Tuesday, a closed-door session opened as the Lawyers for a Democratic Society, or Minbyun, requested the Seoul Central District Court to decide on the legitimacy of the state intelligence agency's protection of the defectors, who fled a North Korean-run restaurant in China with a male manager.
Groups of North Korean defectors hold a press conference in central Seoul on Thursday protesting against a progressive lawyers association. The Lawyers for a Democratic Society, or Minbyun, requested the Seoul Central District Court decide on the legitimacy of the state intelligence agency's protection of defectors who fled a North Korean-run restaurant in China with a male manager in April. (Yonhap)
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