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| Japan's PM meets families of kidnapped |
| 2002-09-27 |
| Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has told the relatives of 13 Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea that the issue remains his top priority in dealings with Pyongyang. The Japanese leader met the family members before a government team left on Friday for the North Korean capital, where it will investigate the kidnappings. Pyongyang says only five of those kidnapped are still alive, but the relatives told Mr Koizumi they wanted to see proof of the deaths and also demanded the rapid return of the survivors. It'll be interesting to see what they died from, and what measures the NKors actually took against those responsible for the kidnappings and deaths... The relations of those confirmed still alive have refused a government proposal that they visit the kidnapped in North Korea, insisting that they should instead by returned to Japan within a month. Pyongyang says they are free to leave. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |