“They made five villages a concentration camp including Yongpyong-ni, Pyongjon-ni, and part of Kuup-ni, Ipsok-ni and Taesukni. I was in the Ipsok-ni sector. When I was at Yongpyong-ni, the number of prisoners exceeded 5,000.” (Kim Yong-sun, former prisoner from Yongpyong-ni, PPC No. 15) “There were less than 250 prisoners in Taesuk-ni including the three independent platoons. Prisoners were released and new prisoners arrived all the time.” (A10, former prisoner from Taesuk-ni No. 15, 1995~1998) “Unit 1 was for families, Unit 2 (also called Company) was for single offenders and Unit 3 was for both families and singles. Additionally, there was a General Unit that was merged with Unit 2 after July of 1995 when the family sector was relocated. In Taesuk-ni, there were both single offenders and families. Then, in July 1995, the entire family unit was relocated elsewhere. I was told that some families were released. In April, 1994, there were a total of over 500 prisoners including single offenders and families together. I remember that there were about 120 prisoners in 50 families from Unit 1 and part of Unit 3. The others were all bachelors. When families moved away in July 1995, about 300 bachelors remained. There were still 200 bachelors in April, 1997.” (A12, former prisoner, from Taesuk-ni, PPC No. 15 1994~1997) “I will explain to you about the villages in Control Center No. 18 in detail. There were villages of Sang-ni, Suan, Pongchang, Saemaul (a new village constructed for the families of camp officials) and Hyonmaul (a village for the families of camp officials) and an administration office at each village. Only one administration office 56

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