Kim Jong Un orders to burn to death with flamethrower senior N Korean official - reports
9 April 2014, 16:25 -- A high-ranking North Korean official has been burnt to death with a flamethrower on leader Kim Jong Un's orders. O Sang Hon, Deputy Minister of Public Security, was executed after being officially proclaimed an 'enemy of the state' for his close ties with Kim's uncle Jang Song Taek.
The latter had been sentenced to death and executed in December on charges of corruption and counterrevolutionary activities, Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reports.
O Sang Hon was accused of hiding corruption and turning the ministry into his personal security division. He became the 11th senior Workers' Party figure to be executed since December over links to Jang, who was seen as North Korea's second most influential man after Kim.
It looks like Kim is planning to eliminate everyone from his slain uncle's entourage with the number of potential victims said to approximate 200.
In the first wave of vengeance after Jang's conviction and death, his closest relatives and colleagues were executed.
The second wave, which is currently underway, has seen the execution and imprisonment of senior officials who worked in the ministry or in other departments affiliated with it.
A planned third wave will probably target Jang's extended family members and low ranking supporters in the provinces.
N Korea: Kim Jong-un set to execute 200 high-ranking officials
200 high-ranking officials loyal to Kim Jong-un's executed uncle, Jang Sung-taek, Chairman of the State Committee of Defense, will be sentenced to death, South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reports.
'The Ministry of State Security has conducted an operation aimed at identifying Jang Sung-taek's supporters after his execution last December and has identified 200 main supporters and 1,000 followers,' the newspaper writes.
It notes that about 1,000 members of their families will be sent to concentration camps without trial on charges of complicity.
'Among those who will be sentenced to death there are 200 officials from the Labor Party, government and army, which received orders directly from Jang Sung-taek. Executions will be held at the shooting-ground of the Kang Kon Military Academy before the eyes of senior officials of the party, government and army,' writes the newspaper.
Seven more people executed in North Korea
Seven more people were executed along with the North Korean leader's uncle Jang Song-thaek on 12 December, the South Korean newspaper The JoongAng Ilbo reports.
The North Korean Central News Agency reported on 13 December that Jang Song-thaek, who was the head of the regency council for young Kim Jong-un and was considered second in command in North Korea, was legally killed for an attempt at overthrow of power, RIA Novosti reminds.
According to the newspaper's source, two high-ranking party officials, two members of the government, two military commanders and one plant manager were killed on the same day with Jang Song-thaek. The newspaper reports that those people held positions equal or more than deputy minister or department manager. The execution was carried out in the building of the National Defence Commission in the presence of key party leaders.
According to the newspaper's source, in spite of the fact that photos showing Jang Song-thaek's arrest at a party meeting were published on 9 December, he was actually confined to his house since the middle of November.
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