Miller wants to be second Snowden
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An American detainee wanted to become a world-famous whistle-blower by shedding light on the communist state's prison camps, according to North Korean state media.
Matthew "Todd" Miller was reported to have referred to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted in the United States for leaking secrets of its surveillance programs.
"Miller had a foolish idea of spying on the prison and human rights situation while experiencing ‘prison life’ after intentionally committing crimes in violation of the law in the DPRK,”said a North Korean statement.
According to the report, the American had wanted to be placed in a prison camp for the sole purpose of collecting evidence of human rights violations.
Miller was recently sentenced to six years hard labor in a political prison camp, for allegedly seeking asylum.
The North's Supreme Court said on September 14, "He is accused of committing hostile acts to the DPRK while entering the territory of the DPRK under the guise of a tourist in last April."
State media said Miller had also tried to meet Korean-American missionary and detainee, Kenneth Bae, who is serving a 15-year sentence for preaching Christianity in Pyongyang.