美国法院裁定朝鲜向奥托·瓦姆比尔一家支付5亿美元，罪名是“酷刑、绑架及法外处决” [美国媒体]

A U.S. District Court has ruled that North Korea must pay $501 million to the family of Otto Warmbier, a student who was detained during a 2016 trip to the reclusive, authoritarian state and died shortly after his release in 2017.

美国地方法院裁定，朝鲜必须向奥托·瓦姆比尔（Otto Warmbier）的家人支付5.01亿美元的赔偿，奥托·瓦姆比尔是一名学生，他于2016年访问朝鲜期间被拘留，并于2017年获释不久后去世。

Warmbier, a 22-year-old studying at the University of Virginia, was arrested for "hostile acts aimed to subvert the country" after he allegedly stole a signer bearing a slogan of the ruling Korean Workers' Party during a trip to North Korea. He was released in a comatose state in June 2017, but died days later at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center due to a lack of oxygen and blood to the brain. An autopsy failed to uncover how those injuries occurred.

22岁的瓦姆比尔就读于弗吉尼亚大学，据称，他在朝鲜之行中偷走了印有执政党朝鲜劳动党宣传口号的标语牌，被朝鲜政府以“阴谋颠覆国家罪”被逮捕。2017年被释放时，奥托已经处于昏迷状态，几天后因大脑缺氧和供血不足在辛辛那提大学医疗中心去世。尸检未能发现这些伤害是如何发生的。

Monday's decision by the District Court for the District of Columbia came after the student's parents, Cindy and Fred Warmbier, filed a $1.1 billion lawsuit against the government of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un.

哥伦比亚特区地方法院周一做出了这一判决，此前，奥托的父母辛迪（Cindy）和弗雷德（Fred Warmbier）向朝鲜最高领导人金正恩的政府提起了11亿美元的诉讼。

"North Korea is liable for the torture, hostage-taking, and extrajudicial killing of Otto Warmbier and the injuries to his mother and father," Judge Beryl Howell wrote, according to CNN.

据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，法官贝丽尔·豪厄尔（Beryl Howell）在判决书中写道：“朝鲜应该对奥托·瓦姆比尔所遭受的酷刑、绑架和法外处决以及对他父母的伤害承担责任。”

Fred and Cindy Warmbier said in a statement they had promised their son justice.

弗雷德和辛迪·瓦姆比尔在一份声明中表示，他们确信儿子是清白的。

“We are thankful that the United States has a fair and open judicial system so that the world can see that the Kim regime is legally and morally responsible for Otto’s death,” the Warmbiers said.

瓦姆比尔夫妇说：“我们感谢美国有一个公正、开放的司法系统，以便能让全世界看到金氏政权在法律和道德上对奥托的死负有责任。”

“We put ourselves and our family through the ordeal of a lawsuit and public trial because we promised Otto that we will never rest until we have justice for him,” they said. “Today’s thoughtful opinion by Chief Judge Howell is a significant step on our journey.”

“我们将自己和家人置于诉讼和公开审理的严酷考验中，因为我们向奥托保证不还他的清白誓不罢休。”他们说道，“豪厄尔法官经过深思熟虑的判决让我们能够向前走出重要的一步。”

North Korea claimed that Warmbier was afflicted with botulism after taking a sleeping pill, while President Donald Trump's administration officially held Pyongyang responsible for his death, citing his "brutal treatment" in recent sanctions against top members of Kim's inner circle.

朝鲜声称，瓦姆比尔在服用安眠药后感染了肉毒杆菌，而美国特朗普政府则正式认定朝鲜对奥托的死负责，理由是他在最近对金正恩核心圈的高官们实施制裁的时候遭遇了“野蛮对待”。

Despite their decades-long hostilities, the U.S. and North Korea have sought to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula in an unprecedented dialogue led by Trump and Kim, who has vowed to work alongside the Republican leader in pursuit of denuclearizing the peninsula.

尽管两国间存在数十年的敌对状态，美国和朝鲜一直寻求在特朗普和金正恩的领导下进行前所未有的对话并实现朝鲜半岛的和平。

Ahead of the debut U.S.-North Korea summit held in Singapore, North Korea released three other U.S. prisoners. Last month, North Korea deported U.S. citizen Bruce Byron Lowrance, who allegedly entered the country without permission and was accused of working as a CIA spy.

首次美韩峰会在新加坡举行之前，朝鲜释放了三名美国囚犯。上月，美国公民布鲁斯·拜伦·洛伦斯非法入境朝鲜且被指控为美国中情局间谍被朝鲜驱逐。

North Korea has accused the U.S. and its Pacific allies Japan and South Korea of using such charges to undermine Kim's government.

朝鲜指责美国及其太平洋盟友日本和韩国利用这些指控破坏金正恩政府。

Howell’s ruling was a default judgment, a type of decision entered against a party that does not appear in court.

豪厄尔的裁决是一项缺席判决，一种针对不出庭的一方的判决。

US courts can compensate default judgment holders by ordering the seizure of funds or other assets located within the country, but that is unlikely in this case because sanctions prohibit North Korea from accessing the US financial system.

美国法院可以通过下令扣押美国境内的资金和其他资产，来补偿缺席判决的原告，但在本案中这种做法恐难以实施，因为美国的制裁禁止朝鲜资产进入美国金融体系。

The ruling comes at a sensitive time in US-North Korea diplomatic relations, as the two countries negotiate the dismantling of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.

这一裁决正值美朝外交关系的敏感时期，两国正就解除核武器项目进行谈判。

US President Donald Trump has said that Warmbier did not die in vain and his death helped initiate a process that led to a historic meeting this year between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

美国总统特朗普表示，瓦姆比尔不会白死的，他的逝世帮助开启了一个新进程：特朗普和朝鲜领导人金正恩今年举行了历史性会晤。

foclodftw@******
North Korea demanded US compensate American kill Korean during Korea war with US$500.000/ person before North Korea pay Otto w .. that is Fair

朝鲜要求美国赔偿其在朝鲜战争期间杀死的朝鲜士兵每人50万美元，然后朝鲜才赔偿奥托·瓦姆比尔。这很公平。

kunghifatchoi@******
U.S. will get the money by holding North Korea money around the world.

美国将通过在世界各地持有朝鲜资金来获得这笔赔偿。

Top Gun
How much should the US compensate Vietnam for the 3 million murdered?

美国应该为300万被杀的越南人赔偿多少钱？

randomNPC69
and toxins dropped by the US army still affecting the country today.they should sue US

美国军队投放的毒素今天仍然影响着这个国家。他们应该起诉美国。

nokia7plushmd@******
The next time US wants North Korea to release an American for the crime he or she committed in North Korea, North Korea should ask US to pay one billion US dollar.

下次美国希望朝鲜释放在朝鲜犯下罪行的美国人时，朝鲜应该要求美国支付10亿美元。

Top Gun
How greedy. How lawless.

太贪婪！太无法无天了！

ngsw
Americans think they are ruling the world. Kim is a stupid idiot fool he really goes to meet Trump in Washington
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美国人认为他们在统治世界。金正恩是个愚蠢的白痴，他真的去华盛顿见特朗普了。

captam
Who's the extra one million for? The judge ?

多余的100万给谁？给法官吗？

Why not $500 million? That would have been reasonable but $501 million..... that is outrageous. hmm!

为什么不是5亿美元呢？5亿美元就很合理，但是5.01亿。。。令人吃惊！

What a pathetic and loony judicial system !

多么可悲和愚蠢的司法体系！

Kraken
Oh? Hahahaha! And how are you going to get DPRK to pay up? Asians know what this Otto was up to in DPRK. He broke the law there he pay the price. Fair and square.

哦？哈哈哈！你打算怎么让朝鲜付清这笔钱？亚洲人知道奥托在朝鲜干了什么。他在那儿犯了法，也付出了代价。公平！

Yanni Sorolov
A girl Guatemalan girl died immigrants died in a USA Prison camp. The family should get at least one billion dollars.

危地马拉女孩移民在美国监狱中死去。她的家人至少应该得到10亿美元。

dpaau@******
Hm......thinking about how to collect the demanded amount...?

嗯。。。考虑如何收集赔偿金？