McCain Releases Statement on Otto Warmbier Death: ‘An American Citizen Was Murdered by the Kim Jong Un Regime’

‘In the final year of his life he lived the nightmare in which the North Korean people have been trapped for 70 years’

KAY: “Senator John McCain, as ever, was more direct in a statement saying in part, 'Let us state the facts plainly. Otto Warmbier, an American citizen, was murdered by the Kim Jong un regime. In the final year of his life, he lived the nightmare in which the North Korean people have been trapped for 70 years: forced labor, mass starvation, systematic cruelty, torture, and murder. The United States of America cannot and should not tolerate the murder of its citizens by hostile powers.' Three other American citizens are currently detained by Pyongyang. The Chinese tour company that held the trip that Warmbier was on now says it will no longer take Americans to North Korea and in a statement said the way Warmbier was detained was, quote, appalling.”

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