North Korea has sentenced an American man to eight years of hard

North Korea has sentenced an American man to eight years of hard labor for illegally entering the country and for unspecified hostile acts.

Korean Central News Agency said in a statement that Aijalon Mahli Gomes acknowledged his wrongdoing during a court ruling Tuesday.

Gomes, who is from Boston, was arrested last month.

The harsh penalty is similar to the one handed to two American journalists in June 2009.

Reporter Laura Ling and editor Euna Lee were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

They were released two months later after former U.S. president Bill Clinton met with Kim Jong-il and the North Korean leader issued a “special pardon” for them.

It will be interesting to see how the administration will handle this! Let him rot! see ya!

Source AP