Trued by heavy bondage

In the hospital of the city of Cincinnati, 22-year-old American student Otto Wormbir, released last week after 17 months in North Korea, died. It is reported by CNN.

“Unfortunately, the monstrous appeal of the North Korean authorities with our son was made impossible a different outcome than the bitter end that we experienced today,” the Wormbir family said.

US President Donald Trump condemned the "cruelty of the North Korean regime" in connection with the death of Wermbra. “The fate of Otto only strengthens the commitment to my administration with the task of preventing such tragedies of innocent people. People suffering from regimes who do not respect the rule of law and human dignity. The United States once again condemn the cruelty of the North Korean regime when we mourn its last sacrifice,” Trump said.

The Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who helped to achieve the liberation of Wermbra, said that the United States considers North Korea responsible for the unjust imprisonment of the student.

“Let's put out the facts directly: Otto Wormbir, an American citizen, was killed by Kim Jong -un regime,” said Senator John McCain.

On June 13, it became known that the DPRK authorities freed Wermbra , sentenced to 15 years of labor camps for "anti -state actions". According to the student’s parents, the North Korean side informed them that their son, after a trial, was diagnosed with botulism in March last year. Later, according to the DPRK, after taking a sleeping pill, Wormbir fell into a coma and continued to remain in this state since then.

“We want the world to know how we and our son are abused and were terrorized by the Riga regime of North Korea. We are very grateful that he will finally be with people who love him,” said Freda and Cindy Wormbir.

Tillerson said that he had made efforts to liberate Wammrab by order of President Trump. Currently, the State Department continues to discuss with Pyongyan the liberation of three more US citizens, Tillerson noted.

On December 25, 2015, Wormbir arrived as part of a tourist group in the DPRK from Beijing. According to the North Korean authorities, on January 1, 2016, he made his way into the office premises of the hotel intended for foreign tourists and tore off the Korean political poster posted there.

Wormbi was detained and accused of trying to "undermine the unity of the Korean people." On March 16, the court in Pyongyang sentenced him to 15 years in forced labor camps. At the trial, the American pleaded guilty. A video recording of the process was published, where Wormbir, sobbing, declares that he became "a victim of the US hostile policy towards the DPRK" and that "made the most serious mistake in his life."

Since 2009, over 10 US citizens were detained in North Korea on charges of various crimes, including against the state. Their fate became the subject of bargaining with Washington.

The last such case occurred in May. On May 6, the DPRK’s special services detained the American citizen Kim Hak Sona, according to the law on the “suspension of hostile actions against the country” Kim Hak Sleep worked at the University of Science and Technology. The previous detained American of Korean origin, 60-year-old Kim San Doc, whom the DPRK authorities were deprived of freedom in April , was an employee of the same university.