U.S. Government Decides Not to Invoke POW Status for Travis KingBY RICK MORAN
AUGUST 05, 2023
To date, the United States Government has decided not to invoke prisoner of war status for Travis King, the U.S. soldier who escaped custody last month and ran across the heavily guarded border with North Korea.
If the U.S. fails to claim him as a captured combatant, King would be denied certain protections available under the Geneva Convention.
Ordinarily, King would automatically qualify as a prisoner of war, given that the U.S. and North Korea are still technically at war. But King’s decision to run across the border of his own free will and in civilian clothes appeared to have disqualified him from that status.
“Private King must be treated humanely in accordance with international law,” a Pentagon spokesperson said.
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1687590507747082240The U.S. still has the option of calling King a POW, but the U.S. position on that is still evolving and may change as additional information is made available.
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https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/08/05/u-s-government-decides-not-to-invoke-pow-status-for-travis-king-n1716497
