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Tanuki

(14,920 posts)
Fri Jul 5, 2019, 05:25 PM Jul 2019

Otto Warmbier's parents file claim for seized N.Korean cargo ship

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/07/05/politics/warmbier-claim-north-korean-cargo-ship/index.html

...."In December, a federal judge awarded the Warmbier family more than half a billion dollars in a wrongful death suit against the North Korean government.

North Korea never engaged in settlement discussions, according to the new filing, "Hence, the Warmbiers are left to chase down the assets of North Korea to recover what they can for the torture and death of their son at the hands of North Korea's dictator, who with "his cronies, show(s) no regard for human life.""

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"We are committed to holding North Korea accountable for the death of our son Otto, and will work tirelessly to seize North Korean assets wherever they may be found," Fred and Cindy Warmbier said in a statement.

The seized ship was used to transport coal from North Korea that was sold in other countries, including China, the Justice Department said in May. The US and the United Nations have said that North Korea has used illicit sales of its coal to fund the country's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles program.".....(more)

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Otto Warmbier's parents file claim for seized N.Korean cargo ship (Original Post) Tanuki Jul 2019 OP
K & R SunSeeker Jul 2019 #1
Good for them Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 #2
K&R backtoblue Jul 2019 #3
Trump's relationship with NK is very disrespectful to people from USA, South Korea, Japan, IronLionZion Jul 2019 #4
Good. I'm confident they'll put the money Ilsa Jul 2019 #5

IronLionZion

(45,494 posts)
4. Trump's relationship with NK is very disrespectful to people from USA, South Korea, Japan,
Fri Jul 5, 2019, 08:17 PM
Jul 2019

etc. who have been kidnapped, tortured, imprisoned, or killed by the North Korean government. Some were journalists, tourists, missionaries, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_nationals_detained_in_North_Korea

Ilsa

(61,696 posts)
5. Good. I'm confident they'll put the money
Fri Jul 5, 2019, 08:48 PM
Jul 2019

to good use to honor their son and others. I suspect they wouldn't take a dime of it as it is "blood money."

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