Milan, 10 July (LaPresse) – Min-kyung Choi will file a complaint through the Database Centre for North Korean Human Rights (Nkdb) against North Korean President Kim Jong Un and his subordinates for the torture and sexual violence she suffered in North Korean detention centres. The complaint will be filed tomorrow in Seoul, South Korea. The woman, a North Korean defector, was repatriated in 2008 after leaving the Pyongyang army in 1997 and fleeing to China. She was detained for about five months in various prison facilities where she said she was sexually assaulted during interrogations, punched and kicked in the face and lower body, tortured by being forced to sit in painful and stressful positions for more than 15 hours a day, and denied basic medical care. She also said she was forced into labour. "I am here to demand that Kim Jong Un and his subordinates be held accountable for their actions before the law. As a victim of torture and survivor of the North Korean regime, I have a deep and urgent responsibility to call the Kim dynasty to account for its crimes against humanity,‘ Choi said. ’Even though it has been 13 years since I moved to South Korea, I still suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder due to the torture I endured and continue to depend on medication. My entire body still bears witness to the terrible human rights situation in North Korea." This is the first time that a North Korean defector has voluntarily taken legal action in South Korean courts and prosecutors' offices, seeking accountability for human rights violations committed by the Pyongyang regime. The case is expected to be a significant milestone both in restoring the rights of victims at the national level and in the international pursuit of accountability under the Law on Punishment of Crimes under the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, which includes crimes against humanity.