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ellisonz

(27,711 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 06:28 AM Feb 2012

Kim's eldest son in financial trouble in Macau: report

AFP – 4 hrs ago

The eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il is having financial problems after being cut off by the Stalinist state for doubting his country's succession policy, a Moscow newspaper said Friday.

The Argumenty i Fakty weekly said in its Internet addition that Kim Jong-Nam was recently kicked out of a luxury hotel in the Chinese gambling mecca of Macau over a $15,000 debt.

It cited Macau administration sources as saying that the eldest Kim -- seen as the likely successor until being caught entering Japan on a fake passport in 2001 -- had lived a luxurious lifestyle that included gambling and dinners at exclusive restaurants.

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"It looks like the Politburo has decided to punish the 'Communist playboy' and stopped sending him money," Argumenty i Fakty quoted The Macau Post Daily director Harald Bruning as saying.

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Kim's eldest son in financial trouble in Macau: report (Original Post) ellisonz Feb 2012 OP
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #1
Hmm... classy... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #2
In case you weren't aware - we're all going to die malaise Feb 2012 #3
I figured this would happen... Javaman Feb 2012 #4
North Korea needs a celebrity rehab program JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2012 #5

Response to ellisonz (Original post)

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
2. Hmm... classy...
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 07:31 AM
Feb 2012

Not sure this kid did anything wrong, but you want him to die?

Welcome to DU, I guess...

Javaman

(62,534 posts)
4. I figured this would happen...
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:13 AM
Feb 2012

once daddy croaked, the gravey train would be cut off. He was outspoken against the regime.

now that little brother is in charge, NO SOUP FOR YOU, older brother.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,371 posts)
5. North Korea needs a celebrity rehab program
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:27 AM
Feb 2012

... so the Kim Jong-Nam gravy train can get started again.

It's hard to believe North Korea would just let him wander the world without bodyguards/minders.

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