On June 23rd, in response to the death of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was released earlier, the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued a statement denying that his death was related to the DPRK. A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry said that the inhuman measures to blame North Korea for Warmbier's death were anti-DPRK black propaganda.
North Korea claimed that Warmbier had been sentenced by North Korea for engaging in hostile activities against the DPRK, and he also confessed his crimes. North Korea has no reason to be kind to criminals from such a hostile country, but considering his poor health, he was carefully treated for humanitarian reasons until he returned to the United States.
North Korea claims that Warmbier's death circulating in the United States is groundless because he was tortured and beaten. Warmbier died suddenly less than a week after returning to the United States with normal vital indicators, which is also a mystery to North Korea. North Korea believes that Warmbier is the victim of the Obama administration's "strategic patience" policy, saying that during Obama's administration, the United States never formally raised the issue of Warmbier's humanitarian release with North Korea.
North Korea said it decided to send Warmbier back to China on humanitarian grounds, considering his health. It is a positive challenge and a political conspiracy for the United States to blame North Korea for its death.
Warmbier, a student of the University of Virginia in the United States, traveled to the DPRK with a tour group from June 2065438 to February 2005, and was arrested by the DPRK for engaging in hostile activities against the DPRK for trying to steal a political propaganda slogan in a hotel. 20 16 in March, the supreme court of the DPRK sentenced Warmbier 15 for conspiracy to subvert the state.
US Secretary of State Tilson issued a statement on June 13 this year, announcing the release of Warmbier. When released, Warmbier was in a coma and was sent to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for treatment after returning to the United States. After examination, American doctors believe that Warmbier has a serious brain injury, which may be caused by cardiac arrest, resulting in the interruption of blood supply to the brain, but it is impossible to judge the cause of the injury. North Korea blamed Warmbier's illness on the combination of Botox poisoning and sleeping pills, but American doctors said that no evidence of Botox poisoning was found. After returning to the United States, in June 19, Warmbier's family announced that Warmbier died that afternoon.
What happened to the American college student who died less than 1 week after his release from North Korea?
On June 2nd last year, 65438, American teenager Warmbier was arrested while traveling in North Korea. He was accused of trying to steal the North Korean propaganda placard hanging on the wall in an attempt to bring it back to the United States. In North Korea, the supreme leader is sacred and inviolable, and it is a felony to destroy posters bearing the leader's name. Last March, Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of reeducation through labor by the North Korean Supreme Court for conspiracy to subvert.
Warmbier, an American college student, died less than a week after he was released from North Korea and returned to the United States.
Regarding Warmbier's death, his parents said in a statement, "Our son was badly abused in North Korea, which can only lead to our sad result today."
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On June 19, the family of Otto Warmbier, an American college student released from North Korea, announced on June 19 that Warmbier had passed away that day. US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Tilson issued separate statements on the same day.
Trump said that nothing is more sad than parents losing their children. Our hearts are with Otto's family, and we pray for them. Trump said that Otto's experience further strengthened the determination of the US government and must not let such incidents happen again.
On the same day, US Secretary of State Tilson issued a statement saying that he was saddened by the death of Warmbier and expressed condolences to his family. Tilson said that North Korea should be responsible for Warmbier's unjust detention. The United States demanded that North Korea release three other illegally detained American citizens.
Warmbier's father, Fred, and his mother, Cindy, issued a statement on the same day, announcing the death of Warmbier. In their statement, they thanked people from all walks of life for their concern for Warmbier, and condemned the North Korean side for "abusing" their son.