Ex-Chogin Kinki official grilled over financial probe

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An Jong Ji, former president of the Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, gets in a car in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 14 on his way to questioning by investigators. He is suspected of withholding information during a financial inspection of the Kobe-based failed credit union serving pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan.

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