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North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by ERONX(m): 5:29am On Oct 18, 2016
CCTV footage has emerged of the moment an American student was caught stealing a Kim-Jong-Il poster from a North Korean hotel - a crime for which he was sentenced to 15 years of hard toil.
Otto Warmbier said looting the poster was the 'worst mistake of his life' after he was sentenced to more than a decade of forced labour in a prison camp on Wednesday on charges of subversion.
North Korea's state news agency have now released grainy footage and images claiming to show the moment the 21-year-old ripped the banner from the wall.
The banner reads: "Let's arm ourselves strongly with Kim Jong-il patriotism!"
Warmbier, a student at the University of Virginia, was found guilty of attempting to steal the poster, which he said was requested by a member of his church group.
US student Otto Frederick Warmbier (R) detained in North Korea, during a press conference
Images and posters of Kim Jong-il are sacred as North Korea's leaders past and present are afforded God-like status in state propaganda.
The phrase 'Kim Jong-il patriotism' was used to glorify the late leader after his 2011 death.
In the video, Warmbier can be seen snooping around in a restructed area of Yanggakdo International Hotel hotel in Pyongyang before removing the poster, which bears white lettering on a red background.
The tour agency with which he travelled to the totalitarian state describe the destination as somewhere 'your mother would rather you stayed away from'from'

According to the tour operator, Warmbier was arrested at the airport at the end of the five-day trip.
Warmbier confessed to 'severe crimes' against the state in a statement last month.
The time stamp of one CCTV image reveals Warmbier entered the restricted area of the hotel on January 1 in the morning.
Warmbier's North Korean tour guide Mr Byon, who testified against him, confronted him after looking at the footage.
The shirt and boots worn by Warmbier at the time along with his passport, mobile phone and an ID card were also given as evidence in the trial, the footage showed.
Warmbier's fingerprints were shown to the court on a flat screen TV in attempt to match them with those found on the poster.
He appeared to ask Swedish ambassador to North Korea Torkel Stiernlöf to 'keep working' on his case as he was led from the court.
The Swedish embassy represent the US in North Korea as the country does not have any diplomatic ties.
The U.S. State Department called the sentence "unduly harsh" and White House spokesman Josh Earnest said it was "increasingly clear" that North Korea sought to use US citizens as pawns to
pursue a political agenda.
US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said: "Despite official claims that U.S. citizens arrested in the DPRK are not used for political purposes, it's increasingly clear from its very public treatment of these cases that the DPRK does exactly that."
North Korea has a long history of detaining foreigners and has jailed various Americans in the past to extract high-profile visits from the United States to secure their release.
He pleaded with judges in court Wednesday to 'please think of my family' and prayed for God to 'please save this poor scapegoat' before the sentence was handed down.

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Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by Nobody: 5:36am On Oct 18, 2016
Ahh the bros no know say na this people?

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Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by BALLOSKI: 6:04am On Oct 18, 2016
Wetin carry d American go there?

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Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by JBUZZ: 6:14am On Oct 18, 2016
E be like say dis N Korea dangerous o!
15yrs with hard labour for moving banner?
Wetin for happen if he steals millions?
Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by busterr(m): 6:20am On Oct 18, 2016
this is bullshit you know
Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by Sabadon(m): 6:33am On Oct 18, 2016
north korea can we pls borrow ur president for jst 1 wk

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Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by ovieigho(m): 6:57am On Oct 18, 2016
Irony of life, we are dreaming to enter your country 'the Gods own country' but you deliberately left your country to north Korea of all countries!!! Haaa brother o Ko'ja Iye e oo ( u pass your boundry o)

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Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by ifyalways(f): 10:30am On Oct 18, 2016
15 years for ripping off mere posters? C'mon man that is harsh.

Well, If only he had respected the laws of the land where he choose to visit. . .
Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by MadCow1: 10:32am On Oct 18, 2016
ifyalways:
15 years for ripping off mere posters? C'mon man that is harsh.

Well, If only he had respected the laws of the land where he choose to visit. . .

The preek went there looking for trouble and got exactly what he wanted..

Even the U.S has advised its citizens against travelling to N.Korea, but that fhucker still went there and then fhucked with their shiit.. He deserves whatever he gets.

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Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by cocaineaddict(m): 1:03pm On Oct 18, 2016
no doubt Biafra is gonna be Africa's North Korea judging from Nnamdi kanu's ideology and statements
Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by SlimHan(f): 6:30pm On Oct 18, 2016
North Korea of all countries in the world? hmmmm It is well
Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by Nobody: 8:42pm On Oct 18, 2016
the poster above me just woke up from sleep screaming North America ...hehehe
Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by SlimHan(f): 10:07pm On Oct 18, 2016
lwkmd. you really are funny dude. Tanks for not quoting me tho cheesy
carmag:

the poster above me just woke up from sleep screaming North America ...hehehe
Re: North Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years In Jail For Stealing by Sarang(f): 6:36am On Jun 21, 2017
This boy just died.

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