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Jenkins Ready for Court-Martial (Deserter in North Korea for 40 Years! Weird Story....)
Yomiuri News (Tokyo) in English ^
| 28 July 2004
| Yomiuri News
Posted on 07/27/2004 1:42:57 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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Weird. Also, 'spell checker' needed ASAP!!
Note he signed it as "Robert", his middle name, which he always went by. His defection letters from North Korea back in 1965 were signed "Charles", which he did not generally go by.
Can anyone imagine this chap teaching ENGLISH to North Koreans at Amnokgang Teacher's College in Pyongyang????
What also is emerging is that Jenkins told Japanese officials, now that he is in Japan, that were he to meet his Japanese wife Soga in China instead of Indonesia (who had been kidnapped by the North but released two years), the North Koreans promised Jenkins a private driver/car in Pyongyang and his home renovated, and an award from Kim Jong il--provided he could get her to go BACK to North Korea with him to live there.
To: AmericanInTokyo
Isn't there some statute of limitations or a law against prosecuting a simple-minded or something like that?
I think the Services should let people desert, as long as they understand that they will have to live in North Korea for 40 years.
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posted on
07/27/2004 1:46:50 PM PDT
by
BikerNYC
To: BikerNYC
One indeed wants to get into this guy's brain.
I would cherish being the debriefer.
There are tons of serious, very serious questions I wish to ask him myself. He had better cut a deal and cooperate, there are agrieved families of American POWs in DPRK, who wonder if he came in contact with any of their people up there....and whatever happened to them.
So far, this is probably the only guy outside of North Korea that knows something about them....except perhaps Hwang Jang Yop. Let's hope he doesnt croak before the interrogation and proceedings.
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posted on
07/27/2004 1:50:12 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(***Since The Iraq War & Transition Period Began, NORTH KOREA HAS MANUFACTURED (8) NUCLEAR WEAPONS***)
To: AmericanInTokyo
"Note he signed it as "Robert", his middle name, which he always went by. His defection letters from North Korea back in 1965 were signed "Charles", which he did not generally go by."
thats what makes me think he was kidnapped,in Rich square he was known as "Super due his small statue and bravdo
I think our goverment knows more then they are saying
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posted on
07/27/2004 1:50:13 PM PDT
by
Charlespg
(Civilization and freedom are only worthy of those who defend or support defending It)
To: Charlespg
Apparantly, some jerks conveniently "lost" some of his several letters from Pyongyang to his relatives, that were intercepted by Uncle Sam (and never shown to the relatives). These could prove his innocence or guilt. Now they are lost to the ages. Hmmm.
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posted on
07/27/2004 1:52:15 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(***Since The Iraq War & Transition Period Began, NORTH KOREA HAS MANUFACTURED (8) NUCLEAR WEAPONS***)
To: AmericanInTokyo
I have not gotten to follow this case in the past week or so, and it is not clear by this article, but your comments infer it.
Is Jenkins in Japan now?
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posted on
07/27/2004 1:54:06 PM PDT
by
Jalapeno
To: AmericanInTokyo
funny how some freepers can call this guy a traitor and we don't even know if he was forced to write those letters . As for the letters never being sent to his family and then lost,
I find that Very suspicious,I would not put it past the state Department Bureaucrats to falsely Labeled Jenkins A defector so they won'nt Have to Deal the headache and Political Fallout of NK kiddnapping an American
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:12:53 PM PDT
by
Charlespg
(Civilization and freedom are only worthy of those who defend or support defending It)
To: Charlespg
Yes, I can agree with what you say.
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:15:04 PM PDT
by
BikerNYC
To: Jalapeno
Oh, yes, he arrived (in Japan) at least 10 days ago. More or less spirited away from three N.K. agents in Jakarta who kept demanding so see him down there (Japanese govt. tugged enough to keep him from going back over to North Korea).
He was in much better shape getting off the plane from Pyongyang in Jakarta, than he was when he struggled at Haneda (Tokyo) afterwards. Either a heck of a show, or the guy is going down hill fast. There are many skeptics. I am told Jenkins has turned to strong drink and violence in his family, probably due to hating North Korea on the one hand, and on the other not knowing what Uncle Sam would do to him. Rightly or wrongly--others can judge that--he is suffering no doubt.
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:22:11 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(***Since The Iraq War & Transition Period Began, NORTH KOREA HAS MANUFACTURED (8) NUCLEAR WEAPONS***)
To: Jalapeno
FYI, the photo above is him getting off the plane in Tokyo the week before last. His two daughers took off their Kim Il Sung badges (they are behind him in white). He is with his wife, who was kidnapped from Japan to North Korea (her mother killed in the process) some 25 years ago.
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:24:23 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(***Since The Iraq War & Transition Period Began, NORTH KOREA HAS MANUFACTURED (8) NUCLEAR WEAPONS***)
To: Charlespg
You do know, of course, some "armchairs" here on FR have already had Jenkins strung up, kicking and dead, even before an official arrest, trial and verdict under US Military Justice........
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:26:45 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(***Since The Iraq War & Transition Period Began, NORTH KOREA HAS MANUFACTURED (8) NUCLEAR WEAPONS***)
To: AmericanInTokyo
May he live his last years in the brig at Ft Levenworth - He is still a traitor!
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:34:12 PM PDT
by
steplock
( www.spadata.com)
To: AmericanInTokyo
I'm not surprised,and Id bet they haven't been any closer to NK or the military then I have. /s
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:35:50 PM PDT
by
Charlespg
(Civilization and freedom are only worthy of those who defend or support defending It)
To: AmericanInTokyo
These could prove his innocence or guilt. ???
You think this traitor is NOT guilty? age has nothing to do with guilt.
He should have stayed in N Korea where he deserves to die.
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:36:24 PM PDT
by
steplock
( www.spadata.com)
To: steplock
what if he WAS kidnapped,and what about a trial first?
or is that to much to ask?
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:42:20 PM PDT
by
Charlespg
(Civilization and freedom are only worthy of those who defend or support defending It)
To: steplock
"May he live his last years in the brig at Ft Levenworth - He is still a traitor!"
How do you know? Some people think he was kidnapped by the North Koreans. His wife certainly was.
It makes more sense than him wanting to go live in North Korea voluntarily. No one WANTS to live in North Korea.
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posted on
07/27/2004 2:58:10 PM PDT
by
monday
To: monday
What do we know about this guy. He may or may not have defected. He married a woman that was kidnapped off the beach in Japan. I think all things considered we can wait for the military to talk to this guy and figure out how he showed up in North Korea.
If he did run north on his own I would like the hear how he rates that decision now after all these years in the "Workers Paradise."
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posted on
07/27/2004 3:17:16 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(Florida military absentee voter number 537.)
To: monday
I was stationed in Japan during the late nineties before N. Korea admitted to kidnapping all these Japanese citizens. There was always speculation, but no confirmation. Always rumors from N. Korean defectors. I am actually surprised they didn't try to kidnap Americans off the line to use for intel purposes.
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posted on
07/27/2004 3:23:16 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(Florida military absentee voter number 537.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
It seems pretty obvious... He wants free health care.
He is guaranteed to get it here.
To: AmericanInTokyo
From the photo, it looks like he has spawned too,
so his wife and kids and clan will come over too.
open borders for deserters.
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