Article by Rick Moran in "PJMedia":
A female vice-director of HKSTV
Hong Kong Satellite Television, a Beijing-backed broadcast network in
Hong Kong, claims that Kim Jong-un is dead, citing a “very solid
source.” TMZ reports the woman is a niece of the Chinese foreign minister.
HKSTV
is not owned by the Chinese government, nor is it an official media
outlet of the government. But it allowed the Hong Kong-based network to
broadcast its programming into mainland China.
The report is not on the HKTV website. It appeared on the Chinese messaging app Weibo. There is a viral image that includes a picture of Kim supposedly lying in a glass coffin, but that appears to be a faked image from 2017.
There are other unconfirmed
reports that Kim's heart surgery was so botched that he slipped into a
coma and is now in a vegetative state.
The outlet reports -- citing a Chinese medical expert privy to the situation -- that Kim had clutched his chest in early April and fell down while visiting the countryside there. He needed a stent procedure done, but apparently ... it either wasn't done rapidly enough, or it was botched completely by the surgeon -- with some reports saying he had shaky hands.There's a lot of rumors swirling about the guy's condition -- and the fact is ... he hasn't made any major public appearances looking to be okay in several weeks now. About a week or so ago, CNN reported Kim was in "grave danger" after a medical procedure.
How good is
this rumor? The fact that the woman's own network isn't reporting the
story says something. And you would expect some outward manifestation --
a change in NoKo's military readiness perhaps -- if the rumor were
true. When a Soviet leader died, they played funeral dirges on the radio
all day before the announcement.
Enough media outlets around the world are running with the story, which
makes it news anyway. But it's doubtful the regime is ready to go public
with the news that their "dear leader" is dead.