Japanese hijacker acquitted

Japanese hijacker acquitted

Yoshimi Tanaka (L), former member of the defunct Japanese extremist faction Red Army, wanted by Japan for the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines flight to North Korea, raises his hand as he enters a courtroom in Chonburi, central Thailand, on June 23. He was acquitted of fraud conspiracy charges.

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