Fifteen year’s in a North Korean prison with hard labor is the future for American tourist, Otto Warmbier, the 21-year-old University of Virginia undergrad, convicted of subversion. The trial in the North Korean Supreme Court only took an hour to convict and sentence.
The college student was first tried in the media, where he was forced to confess, through tears, that he had attempted to steal a banner. The North Korean government said he committed “an anti-state crime with ‘the tacit connivance of the U.S. government and under its manipulation,'” yet it is difficult to see how the United States was connected with this petty crime.
Warmbeir begged for forgiveness for this alleged ‘hostile act’, saying that his attempted theft was to bring home a trophy from the hotel in which he was staying. Yanggakdo International Hotel, like many hotels in North Korea has areas off-limits to foreigners. It was in this part of the hotel that Warmbeir attempted to lift the banner.
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umm … you know he died last week, right?
@Mark Mira … just grow up and start thinking for yourself … you might learn something …
What imbecile would go there especially an american. Still didn’t deserve to die over a fucking propaganda poster. These people are sub human same with Middle East
You need to respect other countries just because you can do what ever you want in the USA does not mean you can do it in other countries.
You morons know he’s dead, right?? Seriously, are you REALLY that lazy that you just regurgitate old stories that are two years old?
More divisive propaganda, you guys are too easy. Just now realizing it because theyre regurgitating an old story. This whole page is #fakenews
Just nuke the gook
Ahhh….WTF? This is old old news. Yeah…what Kendel said.
You$#%&!@*with the bull you get the horn! This dumb$#%&!@*collage kid got what he deserved
Kinda late you idiots