Ma admitted his illegal entry into the country and earnestly requested to let him live in the DPRK as the south side restricts his freedom, while treating him as a mentally deranged person.

We have decided to persuade him into going back to where his parents live from humanitarian point of view.

In this regard the chairman of the Central Committee of the Red Cross Society of the DPRK on Dec. 24 sent a notice to the president of the south Korean Red Cross, informing him that it will hand over the south Korean inhabitant to the south side through Panmunjom on Dec. 26.