North Korea denies torturing Otto Warmbier in the first official reaction since the US student died after returning home in a coma
Warmbier buried Thursday in Ohio, a week after he was sent back home in coma
Donald Trump has slammed his detention and eventual death as ‘a total disgrace’
But North Korea has broken silence to deny it ever mistreated the US student
By RORY TINGLEDailyMail.com
23 June 2017
North Korea has denied torturing US student Otto Warmbier in the first official reaction since the US student died after returning home in a coma.
The hermit state broke its silence after South Korea said the North bore responsibility for Warmbier’s fate and President Donald Trump slammed his detention and death as ‘a total disgrace’.
Its official news agency, KCNA, quoted a government source as saying: ‘Our relevant agencies treat all criminals in accordance with domestic laws and international standards and Warmbier was not an exception.’
It blamed accusations of mistreatment on an American ‘smear campaign’ and accused South Korean of seeking to exploit Warmbier’s death to press its own demand for the release of six detainees.
Warmbier, 22, died in a US hospital on Monday after North Korea released him for what it called humanitarian reasons.
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