BEIJING: A North Korean defector made a rare public appearance in China on Saturday, criticising Beijing’s repatriation of asylum seekers despite alleged warnings from South Korea not to speak out.
Hyeonseo Lee, who escaped from North Korea to China in 1997, called on Beijing to let refugees from her original homeland -- who it routinely sends back -- pass “safely without being caught by the Chinese authorities”.
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