North Koreans Flee Undetected To South Korea Due To Loose Sensor Screws

Inter-Korean border fence (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - The South Korean (South Korea) said that due to the loose sensor screw on the border fence, North Korean (North Korean) citizens who defected to South Korea were not detected. Now that person has been arrested.

Earlier this month, South Korean authorities arrested a man who said he fled the North by jumping over a border fence as reported by the BBC. The man in his 20s is known to be a former gymnast.

The South Korean military announced it would check any sensors on the inter-Korean border. A system that can alert guards when anyone touches this fence has been in place since 2015.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday that due to the loose screws, the sensors were not working properly. The defector gymnast was then caught by surveillance cameras.

After tracing it, the fence inspector found that the fence had been pressed. If this happens, if the sensor is not damaged, the monitoring officer should have known about it.

According to South Korean media, the authorities also asked the North Korean youth to jump several times for them to scene how he crossed the border.

This issue drew a lot of criticism within the Ginseng Country. The reason is they are considered negligent in responding to the potential for North Korean infiltration.

According to data from local authorities, about 1,000 people defect from North Korea each year. They fled from a repressive country that faces multiple allegations of human rights abuses.