It’s better for them not to have an autopsy done, because Congress has a fund for victims of the DPRK or something like that. I’m not even joking.
So they cashed in a ton of money over their son’s death on the promise that they would not look into it any more and keep claiming the DPRK abused him until he died.
Medical examiner, from what he could find, saw that Otto actually received good care because he had no bed sores, typical of coma patients.
The CIA doctors or whoever did a cursory examination of him when he was returned, also probably provided with his medical history, knew the DPRK didn’t cause this, so they advised the family not to do an autopsy because it would prove them publicly innocent.
It reminds me of how in some elections in south america, the US will instruct the opposition parties to not run candidates (ie refuse to participate), if they know the left wing party would smash them in popularity.
Ie don’t do your enemies any favors by making something public that likely helps them and hurts you.
You think if you suspected the DPRK of killing him, you’d fucking try to find hard evidence of it.
It’s better for them not to have an autopsy done, because Congress has a fund for victims of the DPRK or something like that. I’m not even joking.
So they cashed in a ton of money over their son’s death on the promise that they would not look into it any more and keep claiming the DPRK abused him until he died.
Medical examiner, from what he could find, saw that Otto actually received good care because he had no bed sores, typical of coma patients.
The CIA doctors or whoever did a cursory examination of him when he was returned, also probably provided with his medical history, knew the DPRK didn’t cause this, so they advised the family not to do an autopsy because it would prove them publicly innocent.
It reminds me of how in some elections in south america, the US will instruct the opposition parties to not run candidates (ie refuse to participate), if they know the left wing party would smash them in popularity.
Ie don’t do your enemies any favors by making something public that likely helps them and hurts you.