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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Two door man escorting him to his hotel room in NK.
Nothing sad at all , he messed up , he knew better now he got time to think about running g to another country and act a fool !!! LOL
Who the hell in their right mind would even visit this hell-hole to begin with?
A great example for left wing loons go hug it out ! Any parent who allows their children to go to these places deserve what they get! No sympathy here
If you play you play I don’t give a c**p if you’re American or otherwise this young man made a decision to do something wrong and there are consequences so as much as I hate to say it he deserves what he gets! Also let that be a lesson to liberals in our country who want to be bleeding hearts for the crimes that illegal immigrants have committed here on American soil… Our country is far less strict about these sort of things than other countries are ! When you travel to another country you are to respect their laws in the country just as those who enter our country must respect ours
I guess he will learn not to do that again.
Mark Culbertson Yes, it’s very sad. Most of us mess up and are able to live long enough to see the error of our ways without this kind of damage to ourselves. Your heart if very hard and your reply is flippant.
Oh well, maybe he learned a lesson.
Of course he did, but his life may be over. Very tough lesson.
I hope Trump can help him. Obama wasn’t interested…..