North Korea: American prisoners call for help

Written by Super User 05 Sep 2014

Three Americans held in North Korea spoke to the media on Monday, pleading for their release. Kenneth Bae, Jeffrey Fowle, and Matthew Miller imploring the White House to send an official to negotiate their release, and deliver messages to their families. Fowle has a wife and three children in Ohio and has been held captive since April 29, accused of leaving a Bible in a nightclub. ‘Within a month I could be sharing a jail cell with Ken Bae, I'm desperate to go home’. American Kenneth Bae has been in prison for 20 months.  He was a tour guide, but officials allege the tour company was a front for Christian evangelical missions. ‘The only hope I have is for someone from the US to come’He felt abandoned by the US government. There are concerns about his health. A third American, Mathew Miller, has been detained since April 10.

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