U.S. Sanctions North Korean Leader For First Time Over Human Rights Abuses
Source: CNN
By Elise Labott and Ryan Browne, CNN
Updated 3:35 PM ET, Wed July 6, 2016
Washington (CNN)The Obama administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and 10 other regime officials for their alleged complicity in human rights abuses against the North Korean people.
The move marked the first time Washington sanctioned Kim Jong Un personally. Administration officials said Kim was "ultimately responsible" for what they called "North Korea's notorious abuses of human rights."
"Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea continues to inflict intolerable cruelty and hardship on millions of its own people, including extrajudicial killings, forced labor, and torture," Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Adam J. Szubin said in a statement announcing the new action.
"As a result of today's actions, any property or interest in property of those designated by (Office of Foreign Assets Control) within U.S. jurisdiction is frozen," the Treasury Department said. "Additionally, transactions by U.S. persons involving the designated persons are generally prohibited."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/06/politics/north-korea-kim-jong-un-human-rights/
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