For more news and videos visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛ http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C<br /><br />US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen urged the Chinese regime to stop sending North Korean defectors back to the reclusive state.<br /><br />Ros-Lehtinen, who chairs the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, joined South Korean lawmaker Park Sun-young in a rally on Thursday in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul.<br /><br />[Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair, US House Cmte. on Foreign Affairs]:<br />"To the cold-hearted regime in Beijing we call out to you, as Moses did to Pharaoh over three thousand years ago: Mr. Hu [Hu Jintao], let these people go! Let these people go! Let these people go! Let these people go! Let these people go!"<br /><br />The rally follows months of campaigning after South Korean media reported Chinese authorities had detained about 30 North Korean refugees and planned to send them back to North Korea.<br /><br />Ros-Lehtinen and Park called on Chinese leader Hu Jintao to allow North Korean defectors to pass through China so they can go to democratic nations like South Korea.<br /><br />[Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair, US House Cmte. on Foreign Affairs]:<br />"Mr. Hu, let all North Korean refugees have safe passage to South Korea and other democratic nations! Tell Pyongyang to immediately release all South Korean and Japanese abductees!"<br /><br />Ros-Lehtinen arrived in Seoul on Tuesday for a four-day visit. Her party met with South Korean president Lee Myung-bak and other ministers to discuss North Korea and other issues.
