Canadian Hyeon Soo Lim gets life sentence in N Korea
A Canadian pastor, detained in North Korea for 10 months, has now been sentenced to life in prison there "for subversion."
The Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim was found guilty of anti-government activities and of spreading false propaganda, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua said.
"The supreme court announced that Lim was guilty of joining the United States and South Korea in anti-DPRK human rights 'racket' and fabricating and circulating false propaganda materials tarnishing the country's image," Xinhua said.
His punishment: A lifetime of labor, the agency said.
Lim, 60, ministers the 3,000-member Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto.
He is a Canadian citizen who emigrated from South Korea in 1986.
The Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim was found guilty of anti-government activities and of spreading false propaganda, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua said.
"The supreme court announced that Lim was guilty of joining the United States and South Korea in anti-DPRK human rights 'racket' and fabricating and circulating false propaganda materials tarnishing the country's image," Xinhua said.
His punishment: A lifetime of labor, the agency said.
Lim, 60, ministers the 3,000-member Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto.
He is a Canadian citizen who emigrated from South Korea in 1986.
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