North Korea releases jailed U.S. university student - Died 06/19/17

[mystery-ak]

North Korea releases jailed U.S. university student
By Rebecca Savransky - 06/13/17 09:46 AM EDT

North Korea has reportedly released jailed American student Otto Warmbier.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday said the student had been released and is headed back to the U.S. to his family, according to the Associated Press.

Warmbier's release was secured at the direction of President Trump, Tillerson said.

North Korea's high court in 2016 sentenced Warmbier to 15 years in prison with hard labor after he tearfully confessed to trying to steal a political banner.

The court held that Warmbier had committed a crime "pursuant to the U.S. government's hostile policy toward [the North], in a big to impair the unity of its people after entering it as a tourist."

Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, had been charged with subversion.

 

Last month, North Korea announced it had detained another American citizen for unspecified hostile acts against the state.

http://thehill.com/policy/international/337555-north-korea-releases-jailed-us-university-student

[Wingnut]

Even Dennis Rodman isn't stupid enough to travel to NK these days.  Anyone who does needs their head examined,

[skeeter]

Apparently the kid is in a coma and has been for a year now. Due to 'botulism'.

I'd wager he had the bejeezus beaten out of him and the NORKs waited for him to heal before releasing him. For trying to steal a banner.

If any country deserved to be flattened its NK.

[driftdiver]

Even Dennis Rodman isn't stupid enough to travel to NK these days.  Anyone who does needs their head examined,

@Wingnut

Rodman just arrived there today.  (well last night)

[Wingnut]

@Wingnut

Rodman just arrived there today.  (well last night)

Oh well that blows my theory all to hell! 
@driftdiver

[driftdiver]

https://twitter.com/search?q=rodman+north+korea&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch



Tweet of note - a pot based currency funded his trip.  The kid was released a couple hours after Rodman arrived.   I have nothing to base it on but I suspect Rodman actually helped get him released by agreeing to go back.

[mystery-ak]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/university-of-virginia-student-otto-warmbier-in-a-coma-released-from-north-korea/2017/06/13/febba10a-503d-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?utm_term=.79c8fb5df90d

University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, said to be in a coma, released from North Korea

 By Anna Fifield June 13 at 11:58 AM

TOKYO — University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier has been medically evacuated from North Korea in a coma after being detained for 17 months, his parents told The Washington Post on Tuesday.

Warmbier, 22, is due to arrive home in Cincinnati on Tuesday evening, after a stop at a U.S. military facility in Sapporo, Japan.

The family said they were told by North Korean officials — through contacts with American envoys — that Warmbier fell ill from botulism sometime after his March trial and fell into a coma after taking a sleeping pill. The Warmbiers said they were told their son has remained in a coma since then.

There was no immediate confirmation from U.S. officials of North Korea’s version of events — notably whether Warmbier was stricken with botulism, a potentially fatal illness that is caused by a toxin but is not usually associated with loss of consciousness.

“Our son is coming home,” Fred Warmbier told The Post on Tuesday morning after Otto Warmbier was evacuated. “At the moment, we’re just treating this like he’s been in an accident. We get to see our son Otto tonight.”

more at link

[driftdiver]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/university-of-virginia-student-otto-warmbier-in-a-coma-released-from-north-korea/2017/06/13/febba10a-503d-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?utm_term=.79c8fb5df90d

University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, said to be in a coma, released from North Korea

 By Anna Fifield June 13 at 11:58 AM

TOKYO — University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier has been medically evacuated from North Korea in a coma after being detained for 17 months, his parents told The Washington Post on Tuesday.

Warmbier, 22, is due to arrive home in Cincinnati on Tuesday evening, after a stop at a U.S. military facility in Sapporo, Japan.

The family said they were told by North Korean officials — through contacts with American envoys — that Warmbier fell ill from botulism sometime after his March trial and fell into a coma after taking a sleeping pill. The Warmbiers said they were told their son has remained in a coma since then.

There was no immediate confirmation from U.S. officials of North Korea’s version of events — notably whether Warmbier was stricken with botulism, a potentially fatal illness that is caused by a toxin but is not usually associated with loss of consciousness.

“Our son is coming home,” Fred Warmbier told The Post on Tuesday morning after Otto Warmbier was evacuated. “At the moment, we’re just treating this like he’s been in an accident. We get to see our son Otto tonight.”

more at link

So sad, only an imbecile would go to North Korea.  I lived in South Korea for 3 years, go there, plenty to see.   Heck go to southern China and see stuff there.    Don't go to North Korea unless you desire a slow painful death.

[Gefn]

So sad, only an imbecile would go to North Korea.  I lived in South Korea for 3 years, go there, plenty to see.   Heck go to southern China and see stuff there.    Don't go to North Korea unless you desire a slow painful death.

Or your name is Todd Margaret. 

[Frank Cannon]

Or your name is Todd Margaret. 

Geez, you really watch some odd programming. That show is ridiculous.

[Silver Pines]

Apparently the kid is in a coma and has been for a year now. Due to 'botulism'.

I'd wager he had the bejeezus beaten out of him and the NORKs waited for him to heal before releasing him. For trying to steal a banner.

If any country deserved to be flattened its NK.

@skeeter   

Agreed.  This is outrageous and something needs to be done about it, even though he was a barking moron to be there in the first place.

[cato potatoe]

Apparently the kid is in a coma and has been for a year now. Due to 'botulism'.

I'd wager he had the bejeezus beaten out of him and the NORKs waited for him to heal before releasing him. For trying to steal a banner.

If any country deserved to be flattened its NK.

His doctors will know what happened after running some tests.  In the meantime, his parents have been very critical of the prior administration.  They had been advised to keep a low profile.  For following Obama's advice, their son is now a vegetable.

[Gefn]

CNN just posted an update.

Severe brain damage. No botulism


http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/15/politics/otto-warmbier-north-korea/index.html

I couldn't read the whole article. It made me sick to my stomach

[driftdiver]

They have killed a LOT of people in that country.  I'm sure they beat him following the trial.

We should be looking at whoever set up the tour.   They were probably tasked with finding Americans the regime could target.

[unite for individuality]

Otto Warmbier died at 2:20 pm Eastern Time, Monday June 19, 2017.

[Silver Pines]

Otto Warmbier died at 2:20 pm Eastern Time, Monday June 19, 2017.

Oh, my God.  RIP and God's comfort to his parents.

How is this not an act of war?

[Sanguine]

Otto Warmbier, the American student who was detained and held in North Korea before being returned back to the U.S. earlier this month, has died according to his family. He was 22 years old.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/19/otto-warmbier-dead-former-us-prisoner-north-korea-was-22.html

[EC]

Added to the title.

[EC]

How is this not an act of war?

Bluntly - he's not important enough to kill several million over.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Kid was stupid but bleep nk.

[Gefn]

Thanks @Sanguine.

I was typing it but you were quicker than me.

Here is what CNN has to say.

(CNN)Otto Warmbier, the college student who returned to the United States last week after 17 months of detention in North Korea, died Monday afternoon, his family said in a statement.

"It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home. Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died today at 2:20 p.m.," the statement said.

"We would like to thank the wonderful professionals at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center who did everything they could for Otto. Unfortunately, the awful torturous mistreatment our son received at the hands of the North Koreans ensured that no other outcome was possible beyond the sad one we experienced today."

Developing story - more to come

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/19/politics/otto-warmbier-dies/index.html

RIP

[Silver Pines]

Bluntly - he's not important enough to kill several million over.

Send in some professionals to take out that fat murdering psycho, then.

I know, I know, but letting this go makes me sick...

[skeeter]

Bluntly - he's not important enough to kill several million over.

IMO Mr Warmbier is important enough to grease the goofy little pig that runs that place.
 
And if he's not the goofy little pig's threats of nuclear holocaust certainly are. I hope someone somewhere is planning something nice, quiet and painful for the bastard.

[Gefn]

There's  a new thread for his death here.


http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,268062.msg1362831/topicseen.html#msg1362831

[skeeter]

The North Koreans truly are barbarians. Its frightening what a steady diet of political propaganda can turn a people into.

RIP Otto.