Re: OTTO WARMBIER IS A KLEPTOMANIAC

Tony wrote:
> For all we know Otto was a kleptomaniac with one goal in mind which was 
> to steal a propaganda poster from every country he visited. Finally he 
> got caught but in the worse possible country of North Korea and they 
> roughed him up real good. If I had of been there to hoof him up the arse 
> first before he tried to steal that poster he'd still be alive today. 
> Maybe I should write to his parents.


A detained American student tearfully apologized for attempting to steal 
a political banner in North Korea from his hotel after being paraded in 
front of the media in Pyongyang.
Otto Warmbier, 21, an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, was 
arrested in January for committing what North Korea called “an 
anti-state crime” with “the tacit connivance of the US government and 
under its manipulation”.
Warmbier said on Monday that he wanted the banner with a political 
slogan on it as a trophy for a church back home. He said that he was 
offered a second-hand car worth $10,000 and was told if he was arrested 
and did not return, $200,000 would be paid to his mother.
Warmbier said that he accepted the offer because his family was 
“suffering from very severe financial difficulties”.
“I started to consider this as my only golden opportunity to earn 
money,” he said, adding that if he ever mentioned the involvement of the 
church, “no payments would come.”
He said he was also encouraged by the “Z Society” at the University of 
Virginia, which he said he was trying to join. The magazine of the 
university’s alumni association describes the Z Society as a 
“semi-secret ring society” founded in 1892 which conducts philanthropy, 
puts on honorary dinners, and grants academic awards.