Such deed has infuriated the people of the DPRK.

A worker at the Central Zoo, Ju Won Hyok, told KCNA:

"Rats do only harm to people, and if the rat-like Lee Myung Bak group is left intact, the entire nation would suffer misfortune.

He is so shameless as to style himself a statesman, though being ridiculed as an underwit. This rat and its clan should be wiped out to the last one."

Noting he has a talent in catching rats, Ham Kun Sik (71), a man living in Moranbong District, Pyongyang, said:

"I am willing to catch at a breath rattish Lee Myung Bak hell-bent on confrontation with fellow countrymen.

This is a judgment we ten fellow residents have issued:

Name: rat Myung Bak

Zoological name: rat species

Offense: high treason

Sentence: to kill by dropping rocks

This sentence is inappellable and bound to be executed."

A student at Pyongyang University of Mechanical Engineering, Ko Sung Gap, said:

"Traitor Lee reminds one of a rat which appears again before people after scarcely saving its life. Instead of drawing a due lesson from the Yonphyong Island shelling incident, this wicked group of rats dared point an accusing finger at the sky.

This species should be stamped out at any cost."