There is no justice in North Korea—murder goes unpunished.
That was the grim and painful message delivered by U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on June 20, regarding the death of Otto Warmbier the day before.
“The media was reporting that Otto was coming home,” Rosenstein said. “But it turned out that Otto did not really make it home.”
Rosenstein’s remarks came during a crime reduction conference in Bethesda, Maryland.
“Hard labor in North Korea means torture,” the deputy AG continued. “Otto was sent home after about 18 months with brain damage. Yesterday brought the tragic news of Otto’s death. North Korea will not hold anybody accountable for Otto’s death. It’s a totalitarian government with no concept of the rule of law; no civil rights, no due process, no justice.”
President Donald Trump also issued a statement offering condolences to the Warmbier family and denouncing “the brutality of the North Korean regime, as we mourn its latest victim.”
Warmbier was a 21-year-old college student when he signed up for a bargain tour of North Korea.
