It goes on:

The puppet group's detention of those crewmen once again self-exposes that its loudmouthed "priority duty to realize" the reunion of separated families and relatives of the north and the south is a sheer lie.

Had the group truly wished to realize the reunion of separated families and relatives on top priority, it should not have committed such inhumane acts as forcible detaining the above-said crewmen and forcing them to "defect" but sent back the five crewmen.

The puppet group forcibly detained three crewmen, who unexpectedly met distress, in peacetime, not in wartime, in a bid to force them "to defect" and thus separate them from their families. This hideous act against humanity clearly proves that to realize the reunion of separated families and relatives on a priority basis touted by the puppet group is hypocrisy and deception.

This thrice-cursed crime can never be pardoned and its perpetrator will have to pay a very high price for it.

The puppet group would be well advised to clearly understand the will of the service personnel and people of the DPRK and stop going reckless and send back the detained residents to their parents, wives and children immediately.