Russian court sentences North Korean fisherman to 4 years in prison
- A Russian court sentenced a North Korean fisherman to four years in prison for assaulting Russian border guards at sea.
- A court in the city of Nakhodka in the Russian Far East recently found the North Korean national guilty of assaulting at least three Russian officers with a wooden baton, Radio Free Asia's Korean service reported Wednesday.
- Two other North Korean defendants charged with resorting to violence against Russian authorities are to go on trial in September, according to Tass news agency.
- "Three of the defendants struck the troops with sticks in various parts of the ship, using violence harmful to life and health," the prosecutor's office in the Primorye region said, the Moscow Times reported.
- Last September, Russian authorities said North Korean fishermen on two large ships, and others on board 11 smaller fishing vessels, clashed with Russian guards who confronted the boats at Quito-Yamato Bank, which Russia claims as part of its territorial waters.
- A North Korean fisherman died in Russian custody following clashes, and about half a dozen fishermen showed various degrees of injury after resisting arrest, according to the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation: Source: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr
