US student confesses ‘severe crimes’

US student confesses to ‘severe crimes’ against North Korea
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un enforces a set strict of laws, which are often used to detain US citizens. Picture: AP Photo/Wong Maye-E.
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AN American college student has confessed to “severe crimes” against North Korea.
University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, 21, was detained by North Korean authorities before boarding his flight to China in January after he stole a political slogan from a staff-only section of the hotel he had been staying.
“I committed the crime of taking out a political slogan from the staff-only area of the Yanggakdo International Hotel,” state media quoted Warmbier.
Detained university student Otto Warmbier speaks during a press conference in North Korea. Picture: AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon.
Detained university student Otto Warmbier speaks during a press conference in North Korea. Picture: AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon.Source:AP
Warmbier said he took the slogan as a trophy for a church that offered to pay him for it.
Last month, North Korea announced that the student had conducted an anti-state crime with “the tacit connivance of the U.S. government and under its manipulation.”
North Korea has a long history of detaining foreigners, and the US and Canadian governments advise against travel there.
Pyongyang has in the past used detained US citizens to extract high-profile visits from the US, with which it has no formal diplomatic relations.
Sources: http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/us-student-confesses-to-severe-crimes-against-north-korea/news-story/02f53287fc41e65139f0cd1831311936

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