Dramatic torture of N. Korean refugee

Free North Korean Broadcasting has released dramatic stills taken from a videotaped beating of a refugee who fled to China for eight years and was caught returning to the Stalinist country to sell some goods.

The pictures are said to be the first ever secreted out of an interrogation of a North Korean prison.

The complete video is said to be 25 minutes long and includes blood-curdling screams by the unidentified woman.

The video is dated Aug. 17, 2005.

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According to a translation offered by Free Republic, the soldiers forced the woman to kneel inside the guard office, demanding to know when she escaped from North Korea, whether she is married, has any children, or has any contact with South Koreans.

When she refuses to answer, they punch, kick and beat her with a stick.

After the beatings, she begins to talk, while sobbing and screaming in pain.

She reveals said she had been hiding in China for eight years, has a child and no contact with South Koreans.

Inside her sack is Chinese currency, liquor, cigarettes and adult video CDs. She explains that CDs are not for sale, but for renting to others for money.

How the video was taken and how it came into the possession of Free North Korea Broadcasting could not be disclosed.

The entire video is to be broadcast on Japanese television next month.