被朝鮮拘留的美大學生“公開認罪”

An American college student detained in North Korea has publicly confessed to attempting to steal a political banner from a Pyongyang hotel.

Otto Warmbier appeared before a group of domestic and foreign journalists Monday in the North Korean capital, accompanied by North Korean guards. The 21-year-old University of Virginia student, who was visiting North Korea with a tour group, was arrested last month before boarding a plane out of the country. He has been charged with committing a hostile act against the state, with the help of the United States.

Warmbier told reporters he removed a political slogan from a staff-only area of the hotel where the group was staying to give to a member of his church who wanted the banner to display as a "trophy."

He said the church member offered him a used car worth $10,000 and told him that if he was caught and unable to return, Warmbier's mother would get $200,000.被朝鮮拘留的一名美國大學生公開承認試圖從平壤一家旅館盜取一件政治宣傳標語。

瓦姆比爾在朝鮮警衛的看押下，星期一在朝鮮首都與一些朝鮮和外國記者見面。21歲的瓦姆比爾是美國維吉尼亞大學學生，他隨旅遊團到朝鮮旅遊，上個月準備登機離開朝鮮時被逮捕。瓦姆比爾被控在美國幫助下，做出對朝鮮帶有敵意的行爲。

瓦姆比爾告訴記者說，他從那家旅館的職員專用區取走了一件政治標語，準備送給自己教會的一名教友，這名教友要把它作爲“戰利品”懸掛起來。

他表示，那位教友提出用一輛價值1萬美元的舊車交換。教友還說，如果瓦姆比爾被抓住，無法返回美國，他就給瓦姆比爾的母親20萬美元。