North Korea’s defence minister has been publicly executed with an anti-aircraft gun for falling asleep during military meetings and answering back to leader Kim Jong-Un, it has been claimed. Hyon Yong-Chol, 66, who was named head of North Korea's military in 2012, was killed in the capital Pyongyang by the unconventional firing squad on charges of disloyalty and disrespect. Han Ki-Beom, the deputy director of South Korea's National Intelligence Agency (NIS), told a parliamentary committee that hundreds of officials watched the execution in Pyongyang on April 30.
It is not the first time anti-aircraft guns have been used for public executions in North Korea, with recently released satellite images showing a number of unidentified people being killed using the brutal method last October.
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Endy Edeson
@jesse: you see, seriously, I can’t live in Asian countries, especially North Korea, Indonesia, China, Singapore etc. not because I’m corrupt and afraid of prosecution but for safety of my dare life. How can someone be brutally killed just because he dose off on duty? In as much as death penalty is advantageous and acts as a lesson to others it should be done with concrete reason and not to waste people’s lives unnecessarily. We are all humans, the executors themselves are even worse than the executed. I pray such inhuman treatment don’t become the way of punishing offenders in Nigeria. I can only recommend execution if the offender has been found guilty of heavy crime such as deliberately killing innocent people …
Jesse Osayande Vucinic Ehiagwina
Osaro, calm down. It isn't hard to understand my comment. Endy does
Jesse Osayande Vucinic Ehiagwina
Endy, these Asians ehn have a high standard. I would get it if the dude was sentenced to prison cos really what he did is bad and undisciplined. A bad example, yes but death a far. I absolutely hate death penalty.
Waliu Ariyo Olamide
my question is was it in their law to kill security personnel that sleep on duty? if the answer to this question is yes, then I got nothing to say because where there is no law there is no crime.
Jesse Osayande Vucinic Ehiagwina
Waliu, they don't really have laws per se. They discipline as they see fit. I could understand the rational behind this decision though I disagree with it. NIA man sleeping on duty is not a good thing.
Olajide Young Johnson
Please Don't Compare Your Dirty-Rotten Nation With Well Discipline and Lawfull- No Nonsence Nation, Sleeping On Duty Means Nothing To Us here even when water is coming from ur mouth inside your office instead of doing what you are been paid for, then you will be sleeping even some will go as far as selling market around d different offices or outside their company, some may leave their work and be discussing unneccesary Amebo matters with other workers IN A WORKING HOUR WHICH AT D END THEY WILL ASK FOR SALARY! A CITY WITHOUT LAW IS WITHOUT PUNISHMENT.
Sharafdeen Oladipupo Innocentguy Oluokun
endy ha! are you aware of the fact that hyon was charged for treason and disloyality to his country.
Robinson Emeke Ikebueze
Please, spare us stories from North Korea. North Korea is populated by people whose brains need urgent medical examination. And their leader?? He is simply insane, wicked and the devil's incanate who tramples on citizens' rights at will. He is a barbarian.
Olajide Young Johnson
It could happen anyplace where there is LAW and ORDER----It won't be Politically or Personality Motivated but Strictly In Accordance With D Law Of D Land. For Instance In One Of D Asian Country Where They Executed Some Nationals Nigerian Included Recently---- They Have Their Law That They Follow Strictly But Some Stubborn People Decided To Go Against It and The Long Hand Of D Law Of The Law Dealth Seriously With Them. Going Against The Said Law Of One Country Can Also Be Defined As Corruption And If Capital Judgement Is Been Awarded Against It-- Then So Be It. By The Time Some People See Some Example No Matter How Stubborn They Are, They Will Change!
Robinson Emeke Ikebueze
@ Olajide Young Johnson, how dare you speak about our nation in that light because of North Korea. What do you know about North Korea? If you are given a free visa to North Korea, will you go? Please, be guided.
Olajide Young Johnson
At Our Just Concluded National Conference Where The Real Existence and Future Of This Nation Was To Be Decided Upon, We Have Some Of Our Leaders That Was Been Showed and Displayed On National Television Sleeping--- It's a Serious Indictment On Our Seriousness As A Nationhood, It's A Corruption To Me Bcos I Know How Many Millions Of Naira Each One Of Them Collected and Still Yet Was Busy Sleeping but Assuming We Have A Kind Of Law Against That Acts It Would'nt Have Been So----- You Can Called North-Korea Any Name You Want But Believe Me That Is Why They Are Far-Far-Far-Far
Robinson Emeke Ikebueze
@ Olajide, point of correction, North Korea is not better than Nigeria. And take it from me, Nigeria will never execute anybody for sleeping on duty. We are not mad like the North Korean leader. Nigerians are rational beings (reasonable people, that is.)
Olajide Young Johnson
@Robinson Emeke Ikebueze pls what is that your country that you are crying about---- Your country where all abnormal looks and seems as normal, your country where stealing is not corruption, your country where one minister use millions of naira to service private jet, your damn country where one minister use hard earned tax payers money to buy Bullet Proof Cars for herself, Your Fucking Country where Alba-Moro killed many futurous youth of the country just bcos of Immigration abi naa Custom Scam Enlistment where he knows that he need just five thousand applicant but sold out more that 70thousand forms, your country where all past criminal has the gut to come out and contest for political seat of which in a sane society their gand children will never even (former aviation minister and a daughter of a former gov that is in jail now), your country where criminal wanted to or even rule ur (fashanu, bode george and one law maker from ogun state that is wanted in USA for Drug issues) your country where there is no DISCIPLINE, NO RESPECT FOR LAW AND ORDER.
Olajide Young Johnson
Robinson why deceiving yourself now? Why categorising urself to where u can never even smell of now? D gap that is between ur nigeria and north korea is sooooooooooooo wide------ can assemble guns not to talk of putting together atomic bomb, abi u don forget how una take disgrace una self for south-africa when una dey look for ammunition up and down ni. Even on a ratio they will called N.Korea a Developed Nation Side By Side With China, America, Britain and D Rest While Your Darling Nigeria Will Be Called Under-Developin
Jam Richard
This guy of a president has gone beyond measures. insanity. dosing off and disrespect? shouldnt amount to death penalty.
Robinson Emeke Ikebueze
@ Olajide Young Johnson, first, let me tell you that all your allegations are unfounded and without substance. Infact, you are speaking like an APC propaganda agent. Besides, let me tell you that there are worse problems in North Korea than the allegations you listed. For instance, many North Koreans are into cannibalism due to lack of food brought upon them by a cursed & dictatorial leadership. In North Korea, you can be executed for daring to speak against the leadership of the country. In North Korea, there is no freedom of expression. Many North Koreans have no access to mobile phones and the internet, no thanks to their barbaric and oppressive leadership. Infact, if you, Olagide, were a North Korean, you would have been hunted down and probably executed for posting those allegations you posted against Nigerian government officials were your comment directed at the North Korean government and its officials!! How about that? In North Korea, there is no democracy and no opposition. What they have is a one family dictatorship that brooks no opposition. I would advise you to go get yourself educated about North Korea before you start condemning Nigeria unfairly and needlessly.
Olajide Young Johnson
I was discussing with one Political Science Lecturer Of University Of Ibadan One day and He said---- Death Penalty Should Be Given To Anybody Who Has or Was Been Accused and Convicted Of Stealling Our Resources. We asked him why and he explained by saying if you are d minister of health for instance and some huge billions of naira was been given to you to buy drugs for all government hospitals and clinic but instead you diverted d said money into your own private business and somebody on emergency or that involved in an accident died bcos there is no quick injection or lives-holding drug at the hospital bcos of ur corrupted practices---- Since The Person Died On That Cause Definitely You've Commited Murder and You Also Should Be Killed OR a minister of transportation that spent all allocation given to him to do public into his own private life thereby killing thousand on d bad shape of d road had commited a murder and should be killed instead
Olajide Young Johnson
U mean all my allegation are unfounded and lack credibility--- Covering d truth will never make this country to go anywhere and u yourself had commited a sin against God and man by saying that all these Claims that we see and hear are all unfounded, May God Forgive You Robbinson emeke ikebueze and You Really Sound Like A PDP Loyalist
Olajide Young Johnson
They are worser that ur own country abi? But why are been rated above your own sweet countrt called Nigeria@ robinsom ikebueze
Robinson Emeke Ikebueze
@ Olajide, we know what murder and homicide are. Stealing of public fund does not fall in their category. So, I would not support the execution of anybody for stealing public funds. Offenders should only be jailed and have their property confiscated. This should be enough punishment for anybody who stole public funds.