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-- Basketball legend Dennis Rodman arrived in Beijing on Saturday from
North Korea without imprisoned American Kenneth Bae. Rodman, who visited
North Korea this week, was tight-lipped about his trip.
Dennis Rodman arrives in China after North Korea visit
updated 10:36 AM EDT, Sat September 7, 2013
Rodman: Ask Obama about Kenneth Bae
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Rodman's trip was his second to North Korea this year
- "It is not my job to talk about Kenneth Bae," he tells reporters
- Bae, an American, was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in February
Rodman, who visited North Korea this week, was tight-lipped about his trip.
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"It is not my job to talk about Kenneth Bae," he told reporters gathered at the Beijing airport.
Sporting a silver, shiny
cap and a long scarf, the 6-foot-7 inch (2.01 meter) former basketball
star broke through the crowd and continued talking.
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"Ask Obama about that, ask Hillary Clinton about that," Rodman said. "Ask those ---holes."
The eccentric Hall of
Famer's trip was the second to the hardline Communist state this year to
visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
In March, Rodman was
pictured with Kim, an ardent basketball fan, laughing and eating while
watching an all-star basketball match.
He was criticized over
the trip, which came amid escalating tension with North Korea
threatening missile strikes on the U.S., South Korea and Japan.
Rodman has previously made no secret about his desire to help Bae. He once tweeted that he wanted the 30-year-old unchallenged leader of North Korea to "do him a solid" by freeing him.
Bae was sentenced to 15
years of hard labor in February after he was convicted of unspecified
"hostile acts" against North Korea. The country's state-run Korean
Central News Agency said he was arrested late last year after arriving
as a tourist in Rason City, a northeastern port near the Chinese border.
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