Furthermore, it is repeating the sophism that they "refused to go back according to free will of defection and pursuant to international practice."

The base behavior of the puppet regime to cover up its inhuman crime is stunning the public.

The three crewmen are also full-fledged citizens of the DPRK like two others who were repatriated.

The puppet regime often talked about "humanitarianism" and "human rights." It is, therefore, a due obligation of it to sincerely permit interview with those crewmen in detention irrespective of any reason in face of the lamentable scene of families divided due to another tragic product of the national split.

It is, indeed, an insult to humanitarianism and a total denial of it that the puppet group unhesitatingly refused to fulfill its due obligation under the pretext of "human rights" though its implementation is required in the light of human ethics and international practice.

The south Korean puppet regime has neither face nor qualifications to talk about "international practice" and "humanitarian viewpoint."

The puppet regime adopted it as a policy and a major lever for carrying out its luring and abducting operations to force service personnel and people of the DPRK to "defect", and left no means and methods untried to implement it.

Pursuant to it, the south Korean military gangsters attacked a drifting fishing boat of the DPRK and forced its crewmen to "defect" to south Korea last year, outrageous violence against them.

The south Korean puppet Intelligence Service is kicking up ceaseless conspiratorial rackets in various parts of the world to hire citizens of the DPRK as "defectors from the north."

The puppet group is, indeed, the one of the most hideous elements keen on escalating confrontation with compatriots in the north and the most vicious criminals against humanity.

It is disgusting to hear such a group of savages trumpeting about "respect for will of crewmen."

What the puppet group is uttering about the crewmen in detention is no more than sophism to justify its crimes.

The group is sadly mistaken if it thinks that it can justify its story about "instable social system in the north" and tarnish the high prestige of the DPRK through the recent case.

Running high among the service personnel and people of the DPRK is their will to mercilessly punish the group hell-bent on confrontation.

The puppet group should be well aware of the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by their reckless provocation, stop at once its anti-DPRK conspiratorial racket and unconditionally repatriate the illegally detained citizens of the DPRK without delay.