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mo4ch:>Otto Warmbier's parents ask court for seized N. Korean ship as ‘wrongful death’ payment | Mo4ch News

Parents of late US student Otto Warmbier have mixed personal tragedy with politics, asking court for the North Korean trade ship the US captured in May to be part of the $501 million compensation for their son's death.The Warmbiers' motion accuses Pyongyang of being reluctant to pay some $501 million in damages the student’s family was awarded by a US court in December, after it found North Korea “liable for torture, hostage taking and extrajudicial killing” of Warmbier who died in June 2017 a day after he was flown in from North Korea to US upon his release.Also on rt.comPolitical pawn? N. Korea ordered to pay $501mn over US student’s death as Trump pushes new Kim talksPointing out that Pyongyang has never attempted to negotiate a settlement,  the Warmbiers say that they were “left to chase down the assets of North Korea to recover what they can for torture and death of their son at the hands of North Korea’s dictator.”Being unable to force North Korea, which does not recogni…