North Korea says 2 US journalists will stand trial
North Korea’s state-run news agency says two American reporters detained earlier this month will be tried for illegal entry and hostile acts, the Associated Press is reporting.
The Korean Central News Agency said in a report early Tuesday that an initial investigation confirms the two entered the country illegally.
The report says an investigation continues and that preparations for indictments and trial are under way.
Current TV’s Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained March 17 near North Korea’s northeastern border with China. The two work for former Vice President Al Gore’s San Francisco-based online media venture.
I was never able to comprehend why Americans think they can enter any country they wish and do whatever serves their own intersts, regardless of the local laws or customs. Those two journalists had absolutely no right to trespass in North Korean territory and, in the interest of justice and setting an example for all Americans who think that their country can bully the world, i hope they are made to pay dearly for their crime.
Rod
March 31, 2009 at 1:15 am