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http://gawker.com/american-college-student-jailed-in-north-korea-sentence-1765229420
American College Student Sentenced to 15 Years Hard Labor in North Korea
Otto Warmbier, the 21-year-old University of Virginia student who was imprisoned in North Korea early this year after allegedly drunkenly attempting to steal a sign from a hotel, was sentenced to 15 years hard labor on Wednesday.
According to the AP, Warmbier was tried before the country’s Supreme Court during a trial that lasted approximately one hour. He was found guilty of subversion under Article 60 of North Korea’s criminal code. The AP explains:
The court held that he had committed a crime “pursuant to the U.S. government’s hostile policy toward (the North), in a bid to impair the unity of its people after entering it as a tourist.”
A few weeks ago, Warmbier was paraded before North Korean press to give a distressed confession that seemed to be at least partly coerced. In that press conference, Warmbier admitted to attempting to steal a sign from a staff-only area at the Yanggakdo Hotel with the goal of “harming the work ethic and the motivation of the North Korean people.”
American Student Detained In North Korea Gives Televised Tearful "Confession"
Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who has been imprisoned in North Korea since the…Read more
Warmbier was further accused of, and apparently forced to admit to, being in cahoots with at least three groups: A secret society at UVA; his church back home in Cincinnati, which was allegedly going to pay his family hundreds of thousands of dollars for the sign; and of course, the United States government.
To reiterate, he drunkenly try to steal a propaganda poster from the staff only area of a North Korea tourist friendly hotel (a petty crime, no more) and is now paying the price for it.
This kid is probably not CIA or some secret ops. But the last paragraph is bizarre and fishy at the same time. Did he get the short straw in his frat? Then again,why is a church invested in the endeavor of this crazy "mission"? And the US gov for that matter?
American College Student Sentenced to 15 Years Hard Labor in North Korea
Otto Warmbier, the 21-year-old University of Virginia student who was imprisoned in North Korea early this year after allegedly drunkenly attempting to steal a sign from a hotel, was sentenced to 15 years hard labor on Wednesday.
According to the AP, Warmbier was tried before the country’s Supreme Court during a trial that lasted approximately one hour. He was found guilty of subversion under Article 60 of North Korea’s criminal code. The AP explains:
The court held that he had committed a crime “pursuant to the U.S. government’s hostile policy toward (the North), in a bid to impair the unity of its people after entering it as a tourist.”
A few weeks ago, Warmbier was paraded before North Korean press to give a distressed confession that seemed to be at least partly coerced. In that press conference, Warmbier admitted to attempting to steal a sign from a staff-only area at the Yanggakdo Hotel with the goal of “harming the work ethic and the motivation of the North Korean people.”
American Student Detained In North Korea Gives Televised Tearful "Confession"
Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who has been imprisoned in North Korea since the…Read more
Warmbier was further accused of, and apparently forced to admit to, being in cahoots with at least three groups: A secret society at UVA; his church back home in Cincinnati, which was allegedly going to pay his family hundreds of thousands of dollars for the sign; and of course, the United States government.
To reiterate, he drunkenly try to steal a propaganda poster from the staff only area of a North Korea tourist friendly hotel (a petty crime, no more) and is now paying the price for it.
This kid is probably not CIA or some secret ops. But the last paragraph is bizarre and fishy at the same time. Did he get the short straw in his frat? Then again,why is a church invested in the endeavor of this crazy "mission"? And the US gov for that matter?
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