US court orders North Korea to pay US$501 million in death of US student Otto Warmbier
2018-12-25 10:54:54 source：Straits Times
December 25, 2018
WASHINGTON (REUTERS, AFP) -- A US court on Monday (Dec 24)ordered Pyongyang to pay US$501 million (S$689 million) in damages for the torture and death US college student Otto Warmbier, who died shortly in 2017 after being released from a North Korea prison.
Warmbier's parents sued North Korea in April over their son's death. The 22-year-old student died in the United States days after being released from captivity in a coma. An Ohio coroner said the cause of death was lack of oxygen and blood to the brain.
"The plaintiffs' motion for default judgment is granted,"said Judge Beryl Howell of the US District Court for the District of Colombia in her ruling.
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