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FINGERS SAWED OFF IN KOREAN PRISON TALES OF MISTREATMENT
Kim Ka Sung a 25 year old South Korean sergeant recounted brutal abuse in a North Korean prison camp at Hoenyung after capture in 1950. He described being forced to dig his grave, water torture, peppering, suspension by ropes and wire beatings. His fingers were amputated with a saw and knife without medical care, the only cure being sun exposure. He claimed he was the sole victim among 58 South Korean prisoners.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Kim Ka Sung
Panmunjom
Republic of Korea
Kim
Hoenyung
Reds