Career
She resides in South of Korea. Lee was a manager in a North Korean government office that distributed goods and materials to the country"s people when she was falsely accused of dishonesty on her job. She believes she was one of a number of victims of a power struggle between the Workers" Party and the public security bureau police.
Following her arrest, she was severely tortured and threatened for months, but maintained her innocence.
Foreign six years, Lee was imprisoned in Kaechon concentration camp where she reported witnessing forced abortions, infanticide, several instances of rape, public executions, testing of biological weapons on prisoners (see human experimentation in North of Korea), extreme malnutrition and various other forms of inhumane conditions and depravity. Lee wrote several letters of protest to North Korean leader Kim Jong-il about her cruel treatment in the camp but never received a response and was eventually threatened with unspecified consequences if she wrote any more letters.
Her husband disappeared during her imprisonment and she has never heard from him since. She has testified before the United States Congress and at churches worldwide, estimating that in her camp alone there were at least 6,000 political prisoners.
Mississippi Lee has been partially disabled due to the physical torture she was subjected to for well over a year, including but not limited to water torture.
