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| Norks brand UK-based defector Thae Yong-ho as 'human scum' |
| 2016-08-22 |
| North Korea has branded a London-based diplomat who defected to South Korea this week as “human scum” in its first official response to the incident. Pyongyang also denounced the British government for rejecting its demands to return Thae Yong-ho, who was North Korea’s deputy ambassador to the UK. Thae is the highest-ranking diplomat to defect from North Korea to the South, Seoul said. He and his family arrived in South Korea on Wednesday and are under government protection. North Korean state media claimed that Thae had defected to escape charges of misusing government funds, selling state secrets and committing child rape. The KCNA news agency said British officials had been informed of his alleged crimes. It said Britain had tainted its image as a law-abiding nation by “handing over the fugitives without passports to the South Korean puppets and neglecting its duty to protect diplomats living in its own country”. “This one clearly deserves legal punishment for crimes he has committed, but he proved that he is human scum that has no basic loyalty as a human and no conscience and morality by running away to survive and abandoning the homeland and parents and siblings that raised and stood by him,” KCNA added. Seoul said that Thae decided to defect because of his disgust with the government of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, his yearning for South Korean democracy and concerns about the future of his children. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Totally racist. #AllScumMatters |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-08-22 00:43 |