North Korean leader's family members executed

January 28, 2014 01:02

The direct relatives of the recently executed Jang Song Thaek have all been put to death on the orders of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said on Sunday.

Entire families directly related to Kim Jong Un's late uncle, who was executed in December for plotting to overthrow the Pyongyang government, were put to death with their children and grandchildren, "multiple sources' told Yonhap News. Among those allegedly executed were Jang's brother-in-law and Ambassador to Cuba Jon Yong-jin and Jang's nephew and Ambassador to Malaysia Jang Yong-chol, the anonymous sources said. The killings were reported to have taken place after Jang's own execution on December 12 and designed to "mean that no traces of him should be left.'

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