North
Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un sentenced his uncle to be eaten alive by a pack of
120 wild dogs in a savage punishment for treachery, it has been claimed.
Jang
Song-Thaek, 67, along with five close aides, was stripped naked and thrown into
a cage of hounds which had been starved for three days, according to new
details emerging from China.
The
pack of animals spent more than an hour mauling the group in a punishment
called 'quan jue', or execution by dogs, a report in Chinese newspaper Wen Wei
Po said.
The
tyranical leader of the communist state had accused his uncle - once seen as
North Korea's second most powerful man - of treason and corruption and
described him as 'scum' and 'factionalist filth' during his recent New Year
message.
Unlike
previous executions of political prisoners, which were carried out by firing
squads with machine guns, this extraordinary sentence seems to have been
specially reserved for the most hated in North Korean society.
The
report in the Chinese language newspaper said the entire process was supervised
by the supreme leader in North Korea, along with 300 senior officials - a clear
warning against anyone challenging Kim's leadership.
The
fact details of the barbaric punishment emerged in a newspaper, viewed as
Beijing Government's official mouthpiece, in Hong Kong, has been seen as
another signal of China's authorities losing patience with its wayward
neighbour, according to The Straits Times.
Kim
Jong-Un spoke of the execution of his 67-year-old uncle during his New Year
address telling the country 'our party took resolute action to remove...scum
elements within the party last year.'
The
30-year-old leader appeared on state television for the speech and analysts say
the words reflect his feelings towards aides of his uncle, Jang Song-Thaek, and
other family members who are believed to have been sent to labour camps.
'Our
party's timely, accurate decision to purge the anti-party, anti-revolutionary
elements helped greatly cement solidarity within our party,' said Kim, adding
that 'factionalist filth' had been 'eliminated.'
His
statement on state tv was the first time he had publicly criticised his uncle,
who was executed on December 12 after he was accused of treason, corruption,
following the ways of the hated West, and being a womaniser.
In
its announcement of the sentence, the North Korean regime described Jang as
‘despicable human scum’, who was ‘worse than a dog’.
Furthermore,
he ‘perpetrated thrice-cursed acts of treachery in betrayal of such profound
trust and warmest paternal love shown by the Party and the leader for him’.
His
supposed crimes against the regime included having ‘improper relations with
several women’ and having ‘wined and dined at back parlours of deluxe
restaurants’.
In
addition, Jang was said to have ‘squandered foreign currency at casinos while
he was receiving medical treatment in a foreign country under the care of the
party’.
Worst
of all perhaps, in the twisted logic of this supposed workers’ paradise, was
that Jang was guilty of ‘such factional acts as dreaming different dreams’.
Although
Jang had played a major role in helping the inexperienced Kim after the younger
man had taken power following the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il in December
2011, the new leader is believed to have felt threatened by Jang's power.
Observers
in neighbouring South Korea agree that Kim has been running a 'reign of terror'
in carrying out a 'massive purge' to consolidate his grip.
'If
the war breaks out again in this land, it will bring about a massive nuclear
disaster and the US will never be safe,' he warned.
Before
issuing his New Year message, Kim warmly wrapped in a thick coat and a bearskin
hat, visited his pet project, the Masik Pass Ski Resort, lauded by state media
as having been completed at 'lightning speed'.
Kim
took a test ride on a ski lift, rising up over the project that he said during
an earlier visit was 'at the centre of the world's attention'.
Culled from Daily Mail
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