United State Slams North Korea for 15 years sentencing of an American Student

North Korea sentenced an American student to 15 years of hard labor after accusing him of removing a political banner from a hotel.

 

The U.S. State Department fired back Wednesday, saying the punishment doesn't fit the alleged crime.

 

The sentence against University of Virginia student Otto Frederick Warmbier is "unduly harsh," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said, calling for his release.

The United States urges North Korea "to pardon him and to grant him special amnesty and immediate release on humanitarian grounds," Toner said.

 

Source:CNN