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From birth, Shin has been taught to inform on everyone, from his parents to his classmates. Then his mother and brother plan an escape and he is arrested.

Written by Blaine Harden.

From his birth in Camp 14 Shin has been taught by the guards to inform on everyone from his parents to his classmates. Then his mother and brother are caught planning an escape and Shin is taken to an underground prison within a prison, for questioning.

Read by Kerry Shale

Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

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  • Tue 27 Mar 201209:45
  • Wed 28 Mar 201200:30

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