Kim Jong-un Bodyguard May Face Execution
A North Korean bodyguard is set to face punishment from Kim Jong-un after his jacket was spotted with a whitish stain to the sleeve and the flap end.
Kim Jong-un was inspecting a missile launch when the propaganda pictures was taken, he was looking over a balcony.
There are claims the leader could punish his bodyguards for causing him public ridicule.
North Korean expert, Michael Madden revealed that the mistake could attract a sentence of hard labour or even execution.
“My initial reaction was OMFG,” he said on his website North Korea Leadership Watch.
“Personnel who have irritated the supreme leader are usually punished with demotions, hardship assignments or labour education.
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“It is unlikely that anyone will get shot over something like this – unless the leader is feeling particularly mercurial.
“But if he got angry about this then a few people will probably get sent to a construction site or a farm for a month or two to think about this minor transgression.
“It is not unheard of to be sent away for execution.
“There are accounts of the leader’s father, Kim Jong-il, having bodyguards and members of his personal staff sent to prisons and in one case to the firing squad for very minor offences.
“One unconfirmed story is that a member of his personal staff sat at his desk and smoked one of his cigarettes. Kim Jong-un discovered this and had the man shot.”
However, the defaulter could possibly bag a hefty punishment if they pen a letter of apology to the supreme leader.
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Earlier this month, an intelligence agent faced firing squad after being caught using internet privileges to Google the leader.
North Korea strictly curtails internet access to prevent its citizens from learning about the outside world and agents can’t get online without permission from their handlers.
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