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Tuesday, January 13, 2004 |
(ChannelNewsAsia)
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China Arrests Japanese Man For Helping 2 Japanese Escape North Korea. Chinese hold man aiding North Korea defectors A Japanese man working for an NGO that aims to help North Koreans defect from the brutal Stalinist regime that runs their country has been held in Chinese custody following his early December arrest, it was learned Tuesday. In custody in China with 32-year-old Saitama Prefecture resident Takayuki Noguchi are two Japan-born North Korean nationals he is accused of helping to break Chinese immigration laws by smuggling them over the border from North Korea. Foreign Ministry officials have been conducting highly secret negotiations with Chinese government officials to secure the trio's release but have so far been unsuccessful.... [Free North Korea!]
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