Treason includes defection and political opposition, and an example of a serious case of treason is a citizen betraying the state to run away to another country. A North Korean citizen who does not advocate national unification and opposes North Korean imperialists also becomes subject to the death penalty. Last year, a deputy found to be guilty of anti-party reactionary of modern-day factionalism after an investigation conducted by Kim Jong-un, who was displeased with the deputy’s disrespectful posture, was killed. Death penalties today are usually conducted by tying the wrongdoer to a metal post and using a firing squad to shoot him, whereas other methods of brutality were used in the past.