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N. Korean agent Sin responsible for Yokota's abduction+(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)TOKYO, Jan. 5_(Kyodo) _ An internationally wanted North Korean agent abducted Megumi Yokota, Hitomi Soga, a repatriated Japanese abductee, has testified, informed sources said Thursday. Sin Guang Su, 76, is wanted for the abduction of a 43-year-old Japanese man in 1980, and he is also suspected to having been involved in abductions of other repatriated abductees, including Yasushi Chimura, 50. Japanese police authorities are now promoting investigation into abduction cases, in which Sin is suspected to have been involved. Yokota is believed to have been kidnapped in November 1977 at age of 13 in the city of Niigata on her way home from school. |