Did Kim Jong-Un execute his uncle with ‘starving dogs’?

AFTER North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un declared his uncle to be “despicable human scum, worse than a dog,” a newspaper claims to have details of his horrific execution.

Jang Song-Thaek being escorted in court on December 12, 2013 before being executed. Picture: AFP
Jang Song-Thaek being escorted in court on December 12, 2013 before being executed. Picture: AFP

Unlike previous executions of political prisoners which were carried out by firing squads with machine guns, the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po reports Jang Song Thaek was stripped naked and thrown into a cage, along with his five closest aides.

“Then 120 hounds, starved for three days, were allowed to prey on them until they were completely eaten up. This is called “quan jue”, or execution by dogs,” the article reads.

The December 12 report was also picked up by the Straits Times . But the validity of the claims is being questioned. as other South Korean and Chinese media, with closer ties to North Korea, have not reported on the story during the last month.

The report claims the entire process lasted for an hour, with Jong-Un watching it along with 300 senior officials.

The alleged news of how his uncle was executed comes as South Korea dismissed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s conciliatory words in his New Year message as an empty gesture, urging Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear programs to show it is committed to better relations.

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South Korean conservative protesters burn an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during an anti-North Korea protest marking the second anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death. Picture: Getty

In his speech yesterday, Kim hailed the execution last month of his once-powerful uncle Jang Song-Thaek and accused the United States and South Korea of manoeuvring for a nuclear war.

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But he also called for a “favourable climate” to improve relations with the South, saying it was time for the two Koreas to stop doing “anything detrimental to national unity and reconciliation”.

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