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Title: North Korea jails US tourist for 15 years after he attempted to steal a propaganda banner
Source: The Telegraph
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor ... steal-a-propaganda-banner.html
Published: Mar 16, 2016
Author: Neil Connor
Post Date: 2016-03-16 15:51:39 by nativist nationalist
Keywords: None
Views: 822
Comments: 7

Otto Warmbier will serve 15 years hard labour in a North Korean prison after allegedly attempting to steal a propaganda banner from a hotel last year

North Korea has sentenced an American student to 15 years' hard labour for crimes against the state after he tearfully admitted that he tried to steal a propaganda banner from a hotel.

Otto Warmbier was arrested as he attempted to leave the country in January and later made a televised “confession” saying that he had taken the sign to bring back a “trophy”.

North Korean state news agency KCNA said the 21-year-old’s offence was "pursuant to the US government's hostile policy" and that he was convicted under an article of the criminal code dealing with subversion.

The University of Virginia student who had visited the isolated state as a tourist, had said during his confession that he had tried to steal the banner for an acquaintance who wanted to hang it in her church.

Foreigners are often detained in North Korea, where they are used by Pyongyang to exert diplomatic pressure.

Imprisoning US nationals has also helped secure high-profile visits for the regime, with former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton negotiating releases.

North Korea has been ratcheting up tensions following its nuclear test in January, which was followed by a rocket launch last month. South Korea and the US are currently carrying out joint-military manoeuvres.

The lengthy term handed to Mr Warmbier, who is from Wyoming, Ohio, was likely a measure of the growing antagonism from Pyongyang towards its adversaries.

Tough sanctions were imposed on North Korea earlier this month after diplomatic efforts by the US.

However, the DPRK has often imposed stiff sentences before releasing prisoners, and many of those who have confessed later say they were forced to do so.

Last year, a South Korean-Canadian pastor was arrested in the North and handed a life sentence for subversion. Another two Americans are currently detained in the country.


Poster Comment:

What an idiot. It seems dumb to negotiate for the release of these sorts of losers. Why would you give up something to the secure the return of someone this stupid?

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#1. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

Sorry,but I don't have any sympathy for him.

ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION!

Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)

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sneakypete  posted on  2016-03-16   16:49:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

Maybe
kasick
can
declare
him
an
ambassador

send
him
a
tuxedo

love
boris

If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons - question marks are for girlie boys !

BorisY  posted on  2016-03-16   16:59:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: BorisY (#2)

Wonderful idea, Banjo Boy!

Fred Mertz  posted on  2016-03-16   17:34:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

What an idiot. It seems dumb to negotiate for the release of these sorts of losers. Why would you give up something to the secure the return of someone this stupid?

because no matter how stupid a United Stares citizen is he cannot be allowed to be lodged in lesser circumstances than those available in the United States who have an even bigger prison population than North Korea

paraclete  posted on  2016-03-16   20:07:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

Otto Warmbier was arrested as he attempted to leave the country in January and later made a televised “confession” saying that he had taken the sign to bring back a “trophy”.

What was the message on the banner?

Fred Mertz  posted on  2016-03-16   21:49:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

Why ... Otto Warmbier is an American citizen and 0bama as CiC should go into North Korea with all the intent of taking Otto Warmbier out into the bright light of Sunlight.

Go 0bama Go!

buckeroo  posted on  2016-03-16   22:11:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: nativist nationalist (#0)

I say we send Seth Rogan and James Franco to negotiate his release.

Logsplitter  posted on  2016-03-17   19:19:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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