This is a brief excerpt from thePhoBlographer
If you took a photo of a homeless person in America, do you think for a second that you’d be somehow or another linked to the overthrowing of our government because you’re working on a project documenting economic disparity? That’s what’s happening to American citizen Kenneth Bae according to the Guardian. Kenneth is being charged with a plot to overthrow the government through what seems to be taking photos–though the government is not making his charges totally clear. And the evidence: he was taking photos of homeless people.
According to The Telegraph,
“The circumstances of Mr Bae’s arrest are unclear, but Do Hee-youn told the New York Times that Mr Bae may have taken photographs of orphans begging for food in the markets of Rason.
“The most plausible scenario I can think of is that he took some pictures of the orphans, and the North Korean authorities considered that an act of anti-North Korean propaganda,” he said. However, taking photographs has never before led to the arrest of a foreign visitor to North Korea.”Mr. Bae has further admitted to being part of crimes committed to toppling the government, but from what the article …
By: Chris Gampat
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