American on trial in North Korea

Author: Ellis Song
Posted: March 22nd, 2010
Filed Under: BLOG

Another American has been detained in North Korea, and will be tried in court for trespassing. Aijalon Mahli Gomes is the fourth American to be detained for crossing the North Korean border. In the past year Laura Ling, Euna Lee, and Robert Park were all detained for allegedly doing the same.

No trial date has been set yet.

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One Response

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wow says:

2010-03-31 at 3:37 PM

I don’t like acting judgmental nor looking at things so rigidly, however, when 3 persons in the recent past did the same thing and were incarcerated, under who knows what conditions, I think it would’ve been wise to learn from their mistakes.

There’s no need for you to play ‘martyr’ or ‘activist.’ You can lose your life over ‘fruitless crusades’ as such.

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