 Around the end of 1945, he apparently visited friend and former assistant Kim Yun-won (金允元) in Chorwon, who sold him out, and he was sentenced to death for "anti-Korean deeds," arresting anti-Japanese combatants.-s Kim was being transferred to the place of his execution, however, he managed to jump off the truck transporting him and escaped to a relative's house.Recovering from his wounds, he waited for the right time to flee to American-controlled South Korea but was once more betrayed and captured by the Communists, who sentenced him to death a second time.