North Korean’s dictator Kim Jong Un has executed his own uncle-Jang Song Thaek, 67, who had been considered the second most powerful official in the country and a mentor to his nephew.
It emerged some few days ago that Kim Jong Un had stripped off his Uncle of his State position on the grounds that he was a traitor.
The Uncle was found guilty at a Military Court and has been executed for being a ‘traitor’.It is believed he was executed in the customary North Korean way by firing squad.
In a statement Pyongyang called him a ‘traitor to the nation for all ages,’ ‘worse than a dog’ and ‘despicable human scum’ who planned a military coup.
According to The Guardian;
North Korea has executed Kim Jong-un’s uncle as a “traitor for all ages” who confessed to planning a coup, state media has announced.
Jang Song-thaek, previously one of the country’s most powerful men, was accused of everything from plotting to overthrow the state to instigating disastrous currency reforms and dishing out pornography in the report from official news agency KCNA.
It denounced him as “worse than a dog” and “despicable human scum”.
KCNA said a special military tribunal had found him guilty of treason and the Rodong Sinmun newspaper carried a photograph of him handcuffed and held by uniformed guards in the courtroom.