First step questions were about the demographic and social
background and basic identification of the witness. Questions asked about
the name, gender, date of birth, date of arrival in South Korea, place of birth
and residence in North Korea, level of education in North Korea, employment
and type of work in North Korea, marital status in North Korea, family in North
Korea, date of the last defection from North Korea, present state of physical
and emotional health, present address, present family and present
employment.
Second step questions were about how the witness was experienced
in PPC (about detention and work in the PPC). Questions were asked about
the details of judiciary process and charges such as preliminary interrogations,
trial and the procedures of detention, name of PPC, period of detention,
whether or not family was informed, type of work in the PPC and process of
separation (defection).
Third step questions were about general information such as the
location of PPC. Questions were asked about the details of the location/official
title, information about when the PPC was set up and history of
expansion/closure of the PPC, management and system of security (including
number of guards), facilities for administration and work, size of the PPC and
deployment and organization of work units, number of prisoners and
characters (charges against them), possibility of release and process of
release and, etc.
The fourth step questions were about the present operation system.
Questions were asked about the details of operational and management
system of the PPC, control and management of prisoners (systems of control
and surveillance of prisoners and etc.), rules and regulations for management
and prisoners, facilities related to punishment of prisoners, and size and
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