Picture of the Day: North Korean Detainee Aijalon Mahli Gomes
Posted on 04/06/2010 9:24:41 PM PDT by Chet 99
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday it has convicted and sentenced an American man to eight years in a labor prison and a fine equivalent to $700,000 for entering the country illegally and unspecified hostile acts.
Aijalon Mahli Gomes acknowledged his wrongdoing during a trial at the Central Court Tuesday, the North's official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch. The North said last month that it arrested Gomes, 30, of Boston on Jan. 25 for trespassing after he crossed into the country from China. He was the fourth American to be detained in communist North Korea on charges of illegal entry in little over 12 months.
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The US would have a lot less illegal immigration if we’d impose similar penalties.
...”Aijalon Mahli Gomes?” What kind of name is that?
Well....What did these stupid people expect?
You are NOT kidding;)
This isn’t an American prison where they get cable TV in the cells. When they say “hard labor” in North Korea, they mean business. What could these people possibly be thinking?
I love the hard labor part ... if the same penalties were given to our illegal immigrants, I think most of our illegal immigrate problem would be solved.
“Gomes, a graduate of Bowdoin College in Maine, had been teaching English in South Korea and no details have emerged about why he went to the North. However, a Seoul-based activist — Jo Sung-rae — said Gomes may have been inspired by his acquaintance with an American missionary who made a similar trip to the North in December to protest the country’s human rights record.”
Myself I imagine he was trying to do some good, maybe bring in some food or clothes or the gospel or something.
He has my sympathy at this point.
I’d hardly put him in the same category as your basic Mexican illegal border crosser. There was nothing in it for him to cross into North Korea.
Hmmm...and probably very socially conservative. Thanks! ...another article.
Gore rescued those two American girls that worked for Current from N. Korea. I guess this guy wasn’t worth it.
Maybe we should contract the NORKS to run our border security.
I heard he was also sentenced to funky juche party:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwoSFQb5HVk&fmt=22
I'm thinking they knew what was coming and did it anyway. They have conviction and guts and they have my respect for trying to do such a selfless thing to oppose true evil.
Gots to believe a “labor prison” in North Korea is not a fun deal.
Probably better off in one in Tijuana.
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