North Korea announces trial date for
detained American Matthew Miller
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[September 08, 2014]
SEOUL (Reuters) - Matthew Miller,
one of three detained Americans in North Korea, will face trial next
week, a short statement carried by state media said on Sunday, without
elaborating any further on what charges the U.S. citizen faced.
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Miller, of Bakersfield, California, will go to trial in North
Korea on Sept. 14, the short statement said. The 26-year old was
arrested in April for tearing up his visa upon his arrival in the
isolated country, state media said at the time.
The statement did not mention fellow U.S. citizen Jeffrey Fowle, 56,
who was arrested in May after he left a Bible in the toilet of a
sailor's club in the port town of Chongjin.
U.S. missionary Kenneth Bae has been held by the isolated country
since December 2012 and is currently serving a sentence of 15 years
hard labor for crimes North Korea said amounted to a plot to
overthrow the state.
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North Korea, which is under heavy UN sanctions related to its
nuclear and missile programs, is widely believed to be using the
detained U.S. citizens to extract a high-profile visit from
Washington, with whom it has no formal diplomatic relations.
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Earlier this month, international media was granted rare access to
the detained Americans, who in separate interviews all called on the
United States to secure their early release.
(Reporting by James Pearson; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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